Giuliano Simeone Rescues Atletico Madrid in Villarreal Draw

pAtletico Madrid snatched a dramatic 2-2 draw with Villarreal at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano despite finishing the closing stages with ten men./ppMarc Pubill opened the scoring for Atletico in the 59th minute with a powerful strike from outside the box, before Gerard Moreno equalised from the penalty spot seven minutes later./ppRobin Le Normand was sent off in the 76th minute and Georges Mikautadze converted the resulting penalty to put Villarreal ahead, but Giuliano Simeone scored in stoppage time after a quick counter-attack to rescue a point./ppThe match also featured visible frustration from sections of the home support towards Julian Alvarez amid continuing speculation over his future./p