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La Liga: Torres starts Atletico Madrid farewell with a goal

Atletico Madrid v Levante - La Liga

MADRID, SPAIN - APRIL 15: Fernando Torres of Atletico de Madrid celebrates with Angel Correa after scoring his team’s third goal during the La Liga match between Atletico Madrid and Levante at Wanda Metropolitano stadium on April 15, 2018 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

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A roundup of all of Sunday’s action in Spain’s top flight…

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Atletico Madrid 3-0 Levante

Fernando Torres entered the weekend with only seven league games remaining in his Atleti career after announcing this week that he would leave the club this summer. The 34-year-old World Cup (2010) and Champions League (2012) winner began his farewell tour on Sunday and marked the occasion with a goal, Atleti’s third in their 3-0 win over Levante.

Angel Correa opened the scoring with what proved to be the winner in the 33rd minute, followed by Antoine Griezmann’s 19th league goal of the season (26 in all competitions) three minutes after halftime, and it was more than enough for Diego Simeone’s side to secure all three points and maintain their four-point lead on Real Madrid in the race for second.

Malaga 1-2 Real Madrid

Real Madrid leapfrogged Valencia, who lost to Barcelona on Saturday, to reclaim third place after dropping a pair of points in last weekend’s Madrid derby.

Isco and Casemiro got the goals for Zinedine Zidane’s side before Diego Rolan pulled one back very late on for Malaga.

The final El Clasico of the season, while carrying little to no title implications, is three weeks away at the Camp Nou.

Elsewhere in La LigaSaturday’s roundup

Getafe 1-0 Espanyol
Eibar 0-1 Alaves

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