🇪🇸 Atlético squeeze past Levante into Copa del Rey quarter-finals | OneFootball

Álvaro Morata and Marcos Llorente were the heroes as Atlético Madrid squeezed past LaLiga 2 side Levante to progress to the Copa del Rey quarter-finals.

Scorers: Morata 54′, Llorente 90+1′.

Diego Simeone named a strong line-up for the trip to the Estadi Ciutat de València but the visitors lumbered through the first half, and were lucky not to fall behind when Álex Muñoz dispatched from a corner but the goal was ruled out as Mohammed Bouldini was judged to have fouled Jan Oblak in the build-up to the goal.

Atlético made the breakthrough early into the second half when some fine work by Ángel Corrrea saw Marcos Llorente break down the right-hand side of the box and his pull-back was dispatched by Álvaro Morata from six yards out.

Bouldini then spurned a great chance to level the scores, heading straight into Oblak’s arms after being picked out with a free header from close range.

The hosts would live to regret that miss as Llorente rounded off the win in stoppage time, sliding home from inside the box after a swift counter attack after being played through on goal by Nahuel Molina.

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