Madrid, Nov. 5 -- Atletico Madrid was made to suffer before claiming a 3-1 win at home over Belgian side union Saint-Gilloise in the Champions League.
Last night, Julian Alvarez opened the scoring for Atletico in the 39th minute after excellent work from Giuliano Simeone, who opened up space down the right for Atletico, before feeding the ball to his Argentine teammate.
Antoine Griezmann saw a goal ruled out in first-half injury time as he followed in to slide home after Nahuel Molina had hit the crossbar, but Conor Gallagher doubled Atletico's lead in the 78th minute following a powerful run from Alexander Sorloth.
Although Atletico had a comfortable lead, union SG players never let their heads drop and Ross Sykes got them back into the...