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La Liga: Atletico twice fight back in 2-2 draw at Villarreal

The Rojiblancos, who revamped their squad over the summer after finishing fourth last season, had to settle for a point at Villarreal’s Estadio de la Ceramica, twice coming from behind.

Alvaro Morata, Stefan Savic, Memphis Depay, and others have departed, while Atletico brought in Julian Alvarez, Alexander Sorloth, and Robin Le Normand, who all made their debuts.

The latter two started on Spain’s east coast, with Norwegian striker Sorloth scoring the goal that earned his team a point.

“I think we played a good game. We had some individual areas where we need to improve, but as a group, we were committed,” said Simeone.

Villarreal took the lead through Arnaut Danjuma in the 18th minute. The forward, starting his team’s La Liga opener after loan spells at Tottenham and Everton, beat Axel Witsel for pace to run onto a pass, then worked some space to squeeze a low shot across the goal into the far corner.

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