Morata scores twice to steer Atletico’s 3-2 win over Feyenoord in Champions League

MADRID — Álvaro Morata scored two objectives and Antoine Griezmann added one other to steer Atletico Madrid to a 3-2 comeback win over Feyenoord within the Champions League on Wednesday.

Morata scored his first within the thirteenth minute to cancel out an personal objective by teammate Mario Hermoso.

David Hancko made it 2-1 for Feyenoord within the thirty fourth earlier than Griezmann leveled the rating simply earlier than halftime.

Morata then put Atletico forward two minutes into the second half when he stretched his leg out to show in a lobbed go by Nahuel Molina for the winner.

“We knew we had to suffer and pulled out a good win,” Morata stated. “We never lost our confidence that things would go our way.”

Morata has scored seven objectives for Atletico in eight video games to date this season throughout all competitions to go together with three objectives with Spain throughout final month’s European Championship qualifiers.

PHOTOS: Morata scores twice to steer Atletico’s 3-2 win over Feyenoord in Champions League

Diego Simeone’s crew is making an attempt to return to the knockout rounds after it completed its group in final place final season. Its win over Feyenoord broke a run of six straight video games within the competitors with out a victory.

Celtic hosted Lazio later within the different Group E recreation.

The Dutch champions began off higher and took the lead simply seven minutes into the match in Spain’s capital.

Igor Paixão was left unmarked to dribble into the realm and slide a go ahead for the run of Ayase Ueda, whose shot ricocheted off goalkeeper Jan Oblak and Hermoso earlier than entering into.

The guests nearly added one other objective moments later when Ramiz Zerrouki unleashed a long-range effort from close to the midway line that caught Oblak off his line and simply went vast.

Morata equalized when he pounced on a go by Koke Resurrección supposed for Saúl Ñíguez that was deflected into his path. The objective was initially disallowed for offside however the ruling was reversed after a video assessment.

Atletico pressed their initiative and a last-second intervention by defender Gernot Trauner was wanted to clear a low cross by Molina that Morata was inches from tapping in. The two would later join for the decisive objective.

Hancko put Feyenoord again in entrance within the thirty fourth when Hermoso was out of place when Atletico tried to drag an offside lure on a free kick. That left Hancko free to latch on to the lobbed go and beat Oblak on a second try after the goalie stopped his preliminary shot.

Griezmann made it 2-2 in first-half stoppage time when the France ahead scored along with his again to the objective from shut vary. He used his left boot to flip the ball again into the online after a shot by Samuel Lino was deflected right into a scrum close to the objective.

After Morata struck a second time, Paixão went near pulling Feyenoord stage twice with a protracted strikes that just about went in.