Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid: Llorente's last-gasp header sees city rivals share the spoils

Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente scored deep into stoppage time to cancel out Real Madrid's first-half opener from Brahim Diaz, as the city rivals drew 1-1 in LaLiga at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.

Real Madrid lead Girona by two points at the summit, who they will host on Saturday. Atletico are still fourth with 48 points, two behind third-place Barcelona.

"It was a good game from our side, we controlled the game but we were unlucky to concede a goal in the last minute," Real manager Carlo Ancelotti told reporters.

"We did well, we deserved to win but we have nothing to complain about. We are leaders and we have another chance to take a big step forward next Saturday."

"The team has to be calm, a good point has come out of it."

After 20 minutes, the hosts took the lead when Diaz pounced on a loose ball following some sloppy Atletico defending inside the box, slotting home from close range for his fourth league goal of the season.

Atletico thought they had equalised in the first few minutes of the second half, but VAR ruled Stefan Savic's towering header offside.

Diego Simeone's side finally scored in the dying seconds of the game, when midfielder Llorente headed past Real goalkeeper Andriy Lunin from a Memphis Depay cross.

"The goal tastes very good, we worked hard during the game, we got a point and we are happy with the team's work," Llorente told Movistar.

"It doesn't taste like a win the way the game was going, but we got a valuable point."

Atletico will face Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.

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