Football Soccer - Sevilla v Atletico Madrid- Spanish La Liga Santander - Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, Seville - 23/10/16 Sevilla's Samir Nasri (C) and Atletico Madrid's Stefan Savic (L) in action. REUTERS / Marcelo del Pozo
MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid have been reminded of just how challenging this season's La Liga is going to be after falling to fifth place following their first defeat of the season, a 1-0 setback at Sevilla.
So tightly packed is the title race that Sunday's loss has left Diego Simeone's side three points behind leaders Real Madrid, two adrift of second-top Sevilla and one behind Barcelona and Villarreal, who are third and fourth, respectively.
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