Football Soccer- Spanish La Liga Santander - Atletico Madrid v Villarreal- Vicente Calderon Stadium, Madrid, Spain - 25/04/17 - Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres and Villarreal's Bruno Soriano and Antonio Rukavina in action. REUTERS/Susana Vera
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid suffered a first defeat in 13 games in all competitions as they lost 1-0 at home to Villarreal on Tuesday after a late strike from substitute Roberto Soriano.
The former Sampdoria forward netted for the 10th time in all competitions when he knocked in a cross from fellow substitute Cedric Bakambu in the 82nd minute after an error from Filipe Luis allowed the visitors to break quickly down the right hand side.
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