Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Alexander Sorloth was the hero for Atletico Madrid as the powerful striker scored a hat-trick to see his side past a valiant Club Brugge 4-1 in a Champions League match in Madrid on February 24.
Sorloth and Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak, with several important saves, made the difference between the two sides.
The first key moment in the game came after 13 minutes when Atletico forward Giuliano Simeone went down after a challenge from Simon Mignolet, but the ball was already out of play when the contact happened so no penalty was given, reports Xinhua.
Club Brugge was impressing and a neat move ended with Christos Tzolis linking with Hans Vanaken to feed Hugo Vetlesen whose shot beat Oblak, but was headed off the line by David Hancko.
Carlos Forbs then created another chance after beating Atletico left back Matteo Ruggeri, but just when Atletico was under the most pressure, Sorloth opened the scoring when he ran onto a long clearance from Oblak, got in behind the defense and scored with a left-foot shot that went underneath Mignolet. Sorloth’s goal opened the game up again with Simeone heading just wide and Marcos Llorente was close to setting up the striker for a second, before Club Brugge levelled after a corner with Joel Ordonez heading into an empty net after the ball was flicked on at the near post.
Oblak then kept the score level with a miracle save to block Tzolis’ diving header, which looked destined for the back of the net.
