VIGO, Spain : Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann scored a hat-trick to earn his side a 3-0 win at struggling Celta Vigo, who played most of the LaLiga match on Saturday with 10 men after goalkeeper Ivan Villar was sent off early in the first half.
The French forward opened the scoring from the spot in the 29th minute after Villar was shown a straight red for a foul inside the penalty area on Alvaro Morata.
The visitors wasted several chances to extend their lead and were often exposed to dangerous counter-attacks by battling Celta, with Jorgen Strand Larsen wasting a golden opportunity from close range and Jonathan Bamba firing a strike off the crossbar. He tguaranteed the win six minutes later with a tap-in under the goalkeeper from close range after a quick counter-attack led by Nahuel Molina.
"When they were down to ten men it was easier. They pressed us at the end of the first half, we got in too deep. But at 0-2 we were more relaxed on the ball. It was a great victory."
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