Griezmann goal hands Atletico late victory vs. Celta Vigo

Atletico Madrid twice came from behind as Yannick Carrasco and Antoine Griezmann inspired a last-gasp show to secure a thrilling 3-2 win over Celta Vigo on Sunday.

Diego Simeone's men appeared to have lost all belief when John Guidetti netted 12 minutes from time to punish Fernando Torres' first-half penalty miss, but Carrasco hit a sweet volley and then the previously anonymous Griezmann was decisive when it really mattered, as Atletico bounced back from their Copa del Rey semi-final defeat to Barcelona to jump back into the top four in LaLiga. Proceedings were frantic throughout the first half and both sides scored early on – Celta taking the lead as Gustavo Cabral pounced on a goalkeeping error, before an acrobatic Torres levelled with one of the goals of the season.

Atletico should have scored a second from the spot, only for Torres to join Griezmann and Kevin Gameiro in missing from 12 yards inside the last week.

The second half was more fraught and Atletico appeared to have been made to rue Torres' penalty failure when Guidetti capped off a devastating Celta breakaway, but the hosts came up trumps. Carrasco levelled in style and then Griezmann finished off a brilliant move - scoring with his one and only touch in the Celta box - in the 88th minute to stun the visitors and rescue victory from the jaws of defeat.

The match was only six minutes old when Celta opened the scoring with a little help from Miguel Angel Moya, who punched a left-wing corner straight to Cabral and he headed in. But Atletico swiftly responded in style. Torres' first touch saw the ball sit up nicely after receiving a pass in the area and, with his back to goal, he looped an audacious half-volley over his head and into the top-right corner. Referee Jose Hernandez failed to award a penalty for Facundo Roncaglia's rash tackle on Torres, but was more obliging just before the half-hour mark as Carrasco went down under minimal contact.

However, Torres smashed the resulting spot-kick against the crossbar in the hosts' latest blunder from 12 yards. A hamstring injury forced Simeone into replacing Juanfran with Sime Vrsaljko at half-time. Celta's willingness to sit back more after the break meant the Croatian was rarely tested, though, as Atletico did all of the attacking, without creating anything clear cut.