Overview

• Julián Álvarez converted a penalty and curled in a free kick after halftime to turn a 2-2 game into a decisive lead.
• The spot kick followed Arda Guler’s high boot catching Nico González in the face inside the box, as ruled by the referee.
• Robin Le Normand opened the scoring before Kylian Mbappé and Guler put Real 2-1 up, with Alexander Sorloth leveling on the stroke of halftime.
• Antoine Griezmann added a stoppage-time fifth as nearly 70,000 at the Metropolitano saw Atlético score five in a league derby against Real for the first time since 1950, with seven goals in a Madrid derby the first since 1963.
• Xabi Alonso called it a deserved defeat and said his team were hurting, with Real staying on 18 points at the top as Atlético rise to fourth and Barcelona able to go first with a win on Sunday.