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Atletico Madrid ride luck to win after late Elche penalty miss

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Football - La Liga Santander - Elche v Atletico Madrid - Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero, Elche, Spain - May 1, 2021. Atletico Madrid's Luis Suarez in action with Elche's Paulo Gazzaniga. [REUTERS/Pablo Morano]

Atletico Madrid stayed in charge of La Liga's four-way title race by earning a nerve-shredding 1-0 victory at struggling Elche on Saturday, riding their luck to the extreme when the hosts missed a penalty in stoppage time.

Marcos Llorente scored the only goal with a deflected shot in the 23rd minute but gave away the penalty in the 90th after a careless handball as Atleti defended a free kick after sitting on their slim lead rather than looking to put the game to bed.

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