Los Rojiblancos, who are now competing to remain in the Champions League, defeated Athletic Club 1-0 to climb up to third place in La Liga. In Bilbao, Diego Simeone's team prevailed after a tense first half in which Alvaro Morata had an attempt at goal disallowed for offside. However, it took the visitors less than two minutes after the break to grab the lead as Antoine Griezmann's first goal since signing a permanent deal with Real Madrid this month was scored after Morata set him up.
In the 11 minutes of extra time when VAR disallowed a penalty in their favour for handball after the hosts fell behind, they were unable to react. Next up for Simeone is a midweek derby match against Rayo Vallecano while Athletic Club travels to the capital to take on Getafe.