Atletico held at Mallorca after Alvarez misses penalty, Sevilla overcome Alaves

Atletico Madrid's stuttering start to the season continued in a 1-1 draw at Mallorca in La Liga on Sunday in which their striker Julian Alvarez missed a penalty.

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Diego Simeone's side, reduced to 10 men after Alexander Sorloth’s red card, took the lead through Conor Gallagher but Vedat Muriqi levelled in the 85th minute for the hosts.

The draw leaves Atletico 12th, having won just one of their first five league matches.

"I think we dominated the game from start to end, until we scored and they, with one more player, turned up the pressure," Koke told DAZN.

"They had one chance and they scored, I think we played very well. “It’s clear that what matters is scoring goals and they don’t want to go in. Obviously we're dropping a lot of points but there’s a long way to go until May,” added Koke.

Licking their wounds after a painful late Champions League defeat at Liverpool in midweek, Atletico turned their attention back to the Spanish top flight.

Simeone was able to bring back Alvarez after injury and he lined up alongside Giacomo Raspadori, chosen to start ahead of Antoine Griezmann and Alexander Sorloth.

Atletico started well and Mallorca relied on goalkeeper Leo Roman and the woodwork to keep them afloat.