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Atletico marry potent attack with mean defence
David Villa’s back among the goals and Diego Costa now has 13 in the league this season, but it can’t be underestimated how good Atletico Madrid’s defence is.
In their 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday they restricted the Basque side to just two shots throughout the whole game – neither of which were on target.
Brazilian freebie Miranda has been exceptional for Los Rojiblancos for a long time now, however it was his defensive colleague Diego Godin who was chief in keeping out Athletic at the Vicente Calderon.
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The Uruguayan defender won three out of three tackles, three out of four aerial duels, made two interceptions and completed all 14 of his 14 attempted clearances.
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