Diego Simeone explained why he rates Barcelona as the ‘best team in La Liga’ after his Atletico Madrid side drew with arch-rivals Real Madrid. Real Madrid held on to top spot in the Spanish top-flight as Kylian Mbappe’s second-half goal cancelled out Julian Alvarez’s first-half penalty at the Bernabeu.

Kylian Mbappe cancels out Julian Alvarez's opener for the visiting side in a 1-1 La Liga draw. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone felt they did enough to win after Saturday's 1-1 draw at Real Madrid. Julian Alvarez fired Atletico ahead from the spot before Kylian Mbappe's equaliser in the second-half for Real Madrid.

Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid took the lead against rivals Real Madrid thanks to Julian Alvarez's Panenka penalty but couldn't hold on.

First place in La Liga is on the line when Real Madrid take on Atlético Madrid in the highly anticipated second Madrid derby of the season.

Alvarez had put the visitors ahead from the penalty spot in the 35th minute but Mbappe equalized in the 50th for the hosts, which stayed one point ahead of Atletico in the standings

In a Madrid derby of two halves, Atletico failed to hammer home their first-half advantage, missing the chance to leapfrog Real Madrid.