Diego Simeone described his Atletico Madrid players as “gladiators” and rated their performance a 10 out of 10 after they rescued a 1-1 draw against Celta Vigo in LaLiga. Atleti saw midfielder Pablo Barrios sent off just seven minutes into Saturday’s game and later fell behind to an Iago Aspas penalty.

Atletico Madrid wasted a golden opportunity to go top of the LaLiga table after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Celta Vigo on Saturday. Diego Simeone’s side played almost the entire game with a man short,

Atletico Madrid blew the chance to claim the lead in La Liga with a 1-1 home draw against Celta Vigo on Saturday, but played most of the game with 10 men after Pablo Barrios' red card. Celta threatened in stoppage time but Atletico held on to claim a valuable point,