Diego Simeone’s 700th game in charge of Atletico Madrid ended in a late 2-1 win over Deportivo Alaves in LaLiga on Saturday.

This was after Alexander Sorloth rescued the home side with an 86th-minute winner at the Metropolitano Stadium.

Alaves took an early lead from the penalty spot but Antoine Griezmann equalised in the 76th minute with a spot kick of their own.

This was before second-half substitute Sorloth bagged his fifth goal of the season to seal all three points.

Atletico provisionally moved up to second in LaLiga, four points behind leaders Barcelona who have two games in hand, while Alaves dropped to 16th.

“It’s an incredible amount, 700 games. Congratulations to him. The result is for him and the supporters,” said his son Giuliano.

Atletico found themselves on the back foot in the seventh minute when Javi Galan conceded a penalty with a handball when he had his arm raised to block a cross.

Jon Guridi made no mistake from the spot when he sent Jan Oblak the wrong way.

The Metropolitano crowd fell silent after going 1-0 down, but they found their voice when Griezmann set up Samuel Lino, who saw his shot smash into the crossbar before the visitors cleared the ball.

(Reuters/NAN)