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Atletico Madrid make Barcelona wait for La Liga title

Atletico Madrid have made Barcelona wait to be crowned La Liga champions with a 3-2 win over Valencia on Wednesday at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

Victory for the visitors would have handed Barcelona the title, but the hosts went ahead early on when Alvaro Morata opened the scoring after just nine minutes.

Álvaro Morata has now scored more league goals for Atlético Madrid this season (6 in 12 games) than he managed in 16 games for Chelsea (5).

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Valencia equalised on 36 minutes through Kevin Gameiro, before Atletico Madrid went ahead again just after half-time when Antoine Griezmann headed a Thomas Lemar cross home.