Soccer-Atletico hammer Eibar 5-0 to reassert title claim

Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Atletico Madrid v Eibar - Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain - April 18, 2021 Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente shoots at goal REUTERS/Javier Barbancho

MADRID (Reuters) -La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid thrashed basement club Eibar 5-0 on Sunday in an emphatic response to a stuttering run of results which had let their rivals back into the title race.

Atletico were missing two of their top forwards in Luis Suarez and Joao Felix but Argentine striker Angel Correa took responsibility in attack, scoring twice at the end of the first half to put the hosts in charge.