Atletico Madrid scored four times in 13 second-half minutes to win 7-0 at Rayo Vallecano to move second in the La Liga table on Monday night.
Atletico were 3-0 up inside 36 minutes as goals from Antoine Griezmann, Memphis Depay, and Nahuel Molina effectively ended the game as a contest against Rayo, who had previously won their opening two games of the season.
Alvaro Morata scored twice as Diego Simeone’s side put their hosts to the sword in the final 20 minutes, with Angel Correa and Marcos Llorente also on target to move Atletico two points behind Real Madrid at the top. The only blemish on the result for Atletico was losing Dutch forward Depay to injury in the first half. The result was only the second time Atletico have scored seven goals in a La Liga match in the 21st century, after beating Getafe by the same scoreline in 2013.
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Elsewhere an 84th-minute penalty from Borja Mayoral sealed a 1-0 win for Getafe at home to Alaves. Denzel Dumfries and Lautaro Martinez scored in the first half as Inter Milan beat Cagliari 2-0 to maintain their 100 percent start to the Serie A season and move third in the table.
Last season’s Champions League runners-up took the lead after 21 minutes when Marcus Thuram slipped the ball through to Dumfries who cleverly angled the ball across goal into the far corner.