Like a deadly boa, the red and whites squeezed and squeezed until they squeezed the life out of Cadiz in their La Liga encounter on Sunday night. Thomas Lemar, Antoine Griezmann, Angel Correa and Matheus Cunha all scored in the second half against struggling Cadiz at Estadio Nuevo Mirandilla.The red and white snake slithered to second place after their first away win in the league since September. The wait was long, but the floodgates seem to be well and truly open now. Despite a setback in midweek, El Cholo and his players returned to winning ways with a second-half goal bonanza.Matheus Cunha has played just 206 minutes this season for Atlético Madrid, but is averaging a goal or assist every 68 minutes and he’s yet to start a game. Efficient. pic.twitter.com/F9C4uRXeUn— RS (@Atleti_RS) November 28, 2021 A result was required for the visiting side to pull themselves back into the title race to put pressure on current league leaders and bitter rivals Real Madrid. It was a frustrating first-half for Los Colchoneros who maintained the majority of the possession but could not find their shooting boots to steer them ahead. Diego Simeone felt much relieved as his Madrid side took the lead in the 56th minute, with Thomas Lemar heading in at the back post to make the breakthrough following a beauty of a cross from Yannick Carrasco. And from that moment – everything went smoothly for Atletico.Madrid made it 2-0 thirteen minutes later when Antoine Griezmann fired in his third La Liga goal of the season before Angel Correa made it 3-0 moments later. Anthony Lozano pulled a consolation goal when his hopeful ball fell into Jan Oblak’s net – a goal that robbed the Slovenian goalkeeper of a clean sheet and made him look rather silly.But Matheus Cunha made sure the match ended on a high note when he slammed in the fourth straight from the restart to complete the rout and make the most out of Real Sociedad’s unexpected defeat at Espanyol.LA LIGA – ROUND 15FridayAth. Bilbao – Granada 2-2 (1-2)/Raul Garcia 10, Maximiano 76 og – Machis 25, Molina 34/SaturdayAlaves – Celta 1-2 (1-1)/Jesuli 21 – Santi Mina 11, Aspas 70/Valencia – Rayo Vallecano 1-1 (1-0)/Soler 19 pen – Palazon 64/Mallorca – Getafe 0-0Villareal – Barcelona 1-3 (0-0)/Chukwueze 76 – De Jong 48, Depay 88, Coutinho 90+3 pen/SundayBetis – Levante 3-1 (0-1)/Juanmi 54, 63, 78 – Mustafi 7/Espanyol – Real Sociedad 1-0 (0-0)/Herrera 77/Cadiz – Atletico Madrid 1-4 (0-0)/Oblak 86 og – Lemar 56, Griezmann 70, Correa 76, Cunha 86/23:00: (1.70) Real Madrid (3.80) Sevilla (5.70)***odds are subject to change
