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LaLiga: Atletico concede two late goals to draw against Valencia; Real Sociedad reclaim top spot
•Atletico let another two points slip away at Mestalla before Real Sociedad reclaimed top spot with a 2-0 win away at Osasuna and Sevilla beat 10-man Real Betis by the same scoreline in the Seville derby.
LaLiga: Atletico Madrid fail to go on top of league after being stunned by last-placed Deportivo Alaves
•Victor Laguardia scored with a header off a corner four minutes into the match, giving Alaves their first points of the season and preventing Atletico from regaining the league lead.
LaLiga: Diego Simone hopes to keep Atletico Madrid growing after leading them to league title
•Atletico Madrid won their first league title in seven years on Saturday. It was the team’s 11th league title, and third since 1996, when Simeone still played for the club.
LaLiga: Kieran Trippier pleased to prove doubters wrong following Atletico Madrid's top-flight triumph
•Asked if thought it was possible he would win LaLiga when he left Tottenham, Trippier said: "Of course not, Madrid and Barcelona have been dominating the league for the last seven years since Atletico won it."
LaLiga: Atletico Madrid race to eight-point lead atop league with narrow Granada victory
•Barca, who are third and 11 points behind the leaders, face Alaves at home later on Saturday before Real Madrid host Valencia on Sunday.
LaLiga: Atletico Madrid's Thomas Lemar, Hector Herrera test positive for COVID-19
•Lemar and Herrera join Mario Hermoso, Joao Felix and Moussa Dembele on a list of five Atletico players currently out after contracting the illness. Atletico have been hit hard by the virus, with eight players previously having tested positive besides coach Diego Simeone.
LaLiga: Atletico Madrid's Kieran Trippier banned for 10 weeks for breaching FA betting rules
•The FA said an independent regulatory commission proved four of the breaches, which also saw Trippier fined £70,000 ($94,000), but dismissed three allegations during a personal hearing.
LaLiga: Alaves down Real Madrid; Atletico stretch winning run with victory over Valencia
•Madrid's night went from bad to worse when Eden Hazard was forced off on 28 minutes after taking a knock, the latest in a long list of injury setbacks for the Belgium star.
LaLiga: Unbeaten Atletico Madrid take top spot; Lionel Messi rescues Barcelona off the bench as Ansu Fati suffers injury
•While Messi got Barcelona back on track, Joao Felix’s latest double helped Atletico Madrid rise to the top of the league with a convincing 4-0 rout of Cadiz.
LaLiga: Atletico Madrid sign Geoffrey Kondogbia from Valencia to replace Thomas Partey
•LaLiga rules allowed Atletico to buy outside the transfer window after Arsenal activated Thomas Partey's 50 million euro release clause on the last day of the summer transfer window.