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Leaders Atletico Madrid beaten at Bilbao in new La Liga bid blow

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Football - La Liga Santander - Athletic Bilbao v Atletico Madrid - Estadio de San Mames, Bilbao, Spain - April 25, 2021. Athletic Bilbao's Inigo Martinez celebrates scoring their second goal. [REUTERS/Vincent West]

La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid's title bid was derailed again as they were beaten 2-1 at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday by a late goal from Inigo Martinez, offering Barcelona the chance to go top of the table next week.

Martinez's bullet header from a corner in the 86th minute delivered a knockout blow to Atletico, who had pulled themselves level with a Stefan Savic header in 77th to cancel out Alex Berenguer's ninth minute opener.

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