Spain: Inspirational Thomas Partey scores late to power Atletico Madrid top

Diego Simeone side needed an inspiration elsewhere to power them over Eibar and he turned to the bench for Thomas Partey to save them from the blemish in la liga

The midfielder came off the bench to score a 90th minute goal to inspire Atletico Madrid to the top of the league

Eibar opened the scoring through Brazilian forward Charles Dias in the seventh minute of the match before Spanish defender Anaitz Arbilla increased the tally in the 19th minute for Eibar

Portugal international Joao Felix began the come back for Atletico Madrid in the 27th minute to reduce the deficit heading into the break

Atletico Madrid took control of the second half with a much better performance as they chase the equalizer

Spainish midfielder Vitolo pulled parity for Atletico Madrid in the 52nd minute of the match as Simeone side chasing the winner

Thomas Partey came on with six minutes to end proceedings for Portuguese forward Joao Felix and scored in the 90th minute to hand Atletico Madrid the all important victory

Atletico Madrid remains unbeaten with a 100 percent record with three wins out of three matches in the la liga season to sit on the summit of the table

By: Kanyiri Suburu Lucio/@SuburuAbdulai