Soccer Football - Champions League - Group D - Atletico Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen - Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - October 22, 2019 Atletico Madrid's Alvaro Morata celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Sergio Perez
MADRID (Reuters) - Atletico Madrid substitute Alvaro Morata scored a late second half header to give his team a 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday and send them top of their Champions League Group D.
In a game of few chances and many mistakes neither team came close to breaking the deadlock before Morata scored with a powerful downward header from a Renan Lodi cross in the 78th minute, giving his team a major boost for a top two finish and a spot in the knockout stages.
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