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Atletico Madrid held to 2-2 draw by lowly Levante after conceding late penalty, Diego Simeone despatched off

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The Spanish champions stay sixth, 5 factors behind leaders Real Sociedad after a handball from Renan Lodi led to Levante being awarded a penalty, which was transformed by Enis Bardhi, within the Ninetieth minute. Atletico have 16 factors in 10 video games. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSAtletico surrendered their lead via a penalty, following a handball by Renan LodiThe outcome left Atletico in sixth place with 19 factors from 10 video gamesWinless Levante chalked up their sixth draw of the season to maneuver onto six factorsAtletico Madrid conceded a last-minute penalty and had coach Diego Simeone despatched off as they had been held to a 2-2 draw by struggling Levante in La Liga on Thursday.

Simeone’s males appeared on target to seize all three factors after going 2-1 forward following substitute Matheus Cunha’s beautiful 76th minute strike.But for the second time on Thursday, guests Atletico surrendered their lead via a penalty, following a handball by Renan Lodi.Enis Bardhi transformed his second spot kick of the sport within the Ninetieth-minute handy Nineteenth-placed Levante a share of the factors.The outcome left Atletico in sixth place with 19 factors from 10 video games, 5 adrift of shock leaders Real Sociedad.Winless Levante chalked up their sixth draw of the season to maneuver onto six factors.However, the hosts had been unfortunate to not have secured their first league win of the season as in addition they missed a few nice probabilities within the closing phases.Antoine Griezmann scored his first league objective of the season with a header to offer Atletico the lead within the twelfth minute.But they then allowed Levante to take management of the sport and the hosts had been rewarded for his or her resilience after they earned a penalty within the thirty seventh minute following a foul by Luis Suarez.Bardhi thundered the spot kick into the again of the online to stage the rating at 1-1.”We relaxed and got sloppy after scoring the first goal. Need to play better, be more concentrated”, Griezmann informed reporters.An more and more pissed off Simeone made 4 substitutions within the second-half and his gamble paid off when Cunha got here off the bench to attain Atletico’s second objective from a Rodrigo de Paul cross.But when the referee awarded Levante their second penalty following a controversial handball by Lodi, Simeone’s anger boiled over.The Argentine was first proven a yellow card for angrily arguing with the referee however was then given his marching orders when he continued to scream at officers.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.