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La Liga: Fernando Torres hits Atletico Madrid milestone in victory

Atletico Madrid's forward Fernando Torres celebrates after scoring with teammates during the Spanish league
Image: Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres celebrates after scoring against Eibar

Fernando Torres scored his 100th Atletico Madrid goal in a 3-1 comeback win at home to Eibar in La Liga on Saturday.

Former Atletico academy player Keko gave the visitors a surprise lead at the start of the second half following an error by Saul Niguez, but Jose Maria Gimenez quickly replied for the hosts by heading home from a Koke corner.

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It was a special moment for Fernando Torres as he scored his 100th career goal for Atletico Madrid

Saul compensated for his earlier mistake by nodding in another Koke corner, and then Torres sent the Vicente Calderon into ecstasy by hitting his milestone goal in stoppage time.

The win is Atleti's first win in four matches and draws them level on points with La Liga leaders Barcelona, who have two games in hand and play Levante on Sunday.

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Villarreal eked out a point from a dismal goalless draw at Athletic Bilbao to maintain their challenge for a top-four finish.

In a tetchy stop-start encounter, referee Mario Melero brandished 12 yellow cards and two red as both sides saw out the game with 10 men following the late dismissals of Athletic striker Inaki Williams and Villarreal substitute Daniele Bonera.

The point keeps Villarreal in fourth place, while Athletic remain sixth and stay on course for Europa League football next season.

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Roque Mesa (L) of UD Las Palmas competes for the ball with Joaquin Jose Marin alias Quini (R) of Rayo Vallecano, La Liga
Image: Roque Mesa and Quini do battle in Rayo's clash with Las Palmas

Rayo Vallecano climbed out of the relegation zone after beating fellow strugglers Las Palmas 2-0.

Miku bundled the ball in after just four minutes to give Rayo the lead, while former Manchester United winger Bebe finished off a classy move in the second half to seal the points.

Paco Jemez's side move up to 14th place in the league after beginning the day in 18th and stretch their unbeaten run to four matches, while Las Palmas drop into the bottom three.

Deportivo La Coruna came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw at Sporting Gijon, with Luis Alberto cancelling out Jony's strike.

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