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Julian Alvarez His brace in the 90th minute helped the goal Atlético Madrid 2-1 win Bayer Leverkusen Both sides finished with 10 men in the Champions League.
Summer signing Alvarez helped Diego Simeone’s men come from a goal down on Tuesday evening as Pablo Barrios and Piero Hincapie were sent off.
Hincapie’s header by Xabi Alonso Bundesliga The champions led, but the defender turned from hero to villain when he was given his marching orders in the 76th minute.
Alvarez’s last minute goal saw the hosts claim their fourth straight European win.
Leverkusen’s tail went all the way up and had a goal disallowed for offside after some good work. Granite Jaka The emerging wing-back found Alejandro Grimaldo in space and after turning the ball past Nathan Tella at the back post, the winger was adjudged to have gone over early as the score remained goalless.
But the tide turned completely in the visitors’ favor after 25 minutes when Barrios was shown red. Midfielder Xquel Palacios was on the wrong side and in a desperate bid to recover the ball, a clumsy stud-up lunge on his calf resulted in his yellow card being upgraded by VAR as Atleti were reduced to 10 men.
With the German team leading by 1-0, they used the extra man. Nardi Mukile recovered the ball on the right side of the Atleti half, producing a lofted cross to the back post where Hincapie was well placed to guide a header across goal and past Jan Oblak into the bottom right corner.
After Alvarez counter-attacked and showed composure and blistering pace to equalize in the 52nd minute, Hincapie was sent off for a second yellow.
And Argentina forward Alvarez made the final decision when he rounded the keeper to tap home the winner.
