Atletico Madrid 1-1 Valencia: 3 reasons why Los Colchoneros drew the match | LaLiga 2019/2020

#1 Dani Parejo's exquisite freekick

Dani Parejo equalized with a splendid freekick

Valencia showed great grit to ride out the storm of Atletico Madrid's attacks and although they were largely helped by some poor finishing, their defence also deserves praise for keeping the scoreline at 1-0.

And at 1-0 down, Valencia would have fancied their chances of getting back into the game, as all it took was just one opportunity for parity to be restored.

With 10 minutes left, the visitors got their gilt-edged chance when they were awarded a freekick from just outside the area and up stepped captain Dani Parejo who promptly dispatched the ball into the back of the net past Jan Oblak.

That brought his tally to five goals from just eight games this season and he could have gotten a late winner but for a wondrous save from Oblak right at the death.

Parejo's goal was splendid and is already an early contender for goal of the season and though it was not a matchwinner, on the day, it was enough to give Albert Celades' men a share of the spoils.