Atletico Madrid had 25 attempts at goal but could not find the breakthrough as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Espanyol in La Liga on Wednesday.
Espanyol are the only team yet to score in La Liga and showed no signs of breaking their duck in a one-sided game at the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano.
Yet despite accumulating an expected 2.71 goals (xG), Atleti failed to blow the door.
New signings Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth came close to opening the scoring in the first half, while Rodrigo Riquelme had two goals ruled out for offside, the first after a lengthy VAR review and the second in extra time.
Espanyol’s rearguard held firm as goalkeeper Joan Garcia made seven saves to deny Diego Simeone’s side all three points.
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