MIDFIELDER Jorge “Koke” Resurreccion set up two goals to help Atletico Madrid ease to a 2-0 win Saturday over crosstown rival Getafe and keep in touch with the top three teams in the Spanish league.
Atletico overwhelmed the visitors from the start at Vicente Calderon with its preferred weapon of scoring through set pieces with Fernando Torres sending in a long headed goal from Koke’s free kick three minutes after kickoff.
Torres’ first league goal since rejoining his boyhood club in the winter transfer market - along with three goals in the Copa del Rey - came four days after he netted a decisive spot kick. Atletico beat Bayer Leverkusen in a penalty shootout on Tuesday to advance to a Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid.
“Torres is improving, understanding his teammates better,” said Atletico coach Diego Simeone. “He lives to score and needed to score in the league. He creates healthy competition with (striker Mario) Mandzukic, who is a decisive player for us. We needed more from Torres and he is giving it to us.”
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