Alvaro Morata admitted he did not initially celebrate his first goal for Atletico Madrid as he feared he would once more be disappointed by VAR.
The Spain striker swept home Filipe Luis' cross to break the deadlock in Sunday's 2-0 La Liga win over Villarreal at the Wanda Metropolitano.
It ended a nine-game drought in league football for Morata, who had goals disallowed by VAR in the 3-1 loss to Real Madrid and 2-0 Champions League win over Juventus this month.
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The Chelsea loanee was relieved to see the officials allow him a moment to savour at last.