Overview
- Robin Le Normand opened the scoring before Kylian Mbappé and Arda Guler flipped the game to 2-1 for Real, with Alexander Sorloth leveling on the stroke of half-time.
- Julián Álvarez converted a penalty after Guler’s high boot on Nico González and later curled in a free-kick, with Antoine Griezmann adding a late fifth.
- The derby at the Metropolitano hands Real Madrid their first defeat of the season after six straight LaLiga wins and a Champions League victory.
- Atlético rise provisionally to fourth on 12 points, while Real remain top on 18 points with Barcelona able to go first with a win at Real Sociedad on Sunday.
- Xabi Alonso called it “a bad loss” and urged lessons to be learned, as Atlético scored five against Real in a league match for the first time since November 1950.