Atletico Madrid 1: 0 Athletic Bilbao: Julian Alvarez meets the winner to take over the side traffic

Julian Alvarez scored his 10th goal of the season to help Atletico Madrid to beat the Athletic Club and reach the top of the La Liga.

The former striker of Manchester City ran from Marcos Llorente to an excellent defense ball before he was calm down in the 66th minute to break the Deadlock.

The Athletic Club came to an excretive balance when Benat Prados made Prados against the post and Inaki Williams plunged back from the bottom of the crossbar.

Diego Simeone's Atletico knew that a victory over the Bilbao team would jump over Barcelona and Real Madrid, which had lost to Real Betis on Saturday before.

However, her two-point lead could only be short-term, and on Sunday the second-placed Barcelona plays against Real Sociedad against Real Sociedad.

Atletico will hope that they can rub more salt in the wounds of the city rival Real Madrid if they compete against each other in the Champions League first leg on Tuesday.