Overview

• The result ends Real Madrid's perfect league start under Xabi Alonso and leaves them on 18 points, with Barcelona able to move above them with a game in hand.
• Robin Le Normand opened the scoring, Kylian Mbappé and Arda Güler put Real ahead, Alexander Sorloth equalized, and Julián Álvarez struck from the spot and a free kick before Antoine Griezmann added a late fifth.
• Álvarez’s brace capped a second straight standout performance after his midweek hat-trick, while Sorloth returned from suspension to score a key header before halftime.
• Coverage highlighted repeated lapses in Real Madrid's back line, with criticism of Dean Huijsen and Éder Militão as Atlético profited from crosses and set pieces.
• Nearly 70,000 at the Metropolitano witnessed Atlético climb to fourth, with both clubs now turning to the Champions League, where Atlético host Eintracht Frankfurt and Real visit Kairat Almaty.