ANTOINE GRIEZMANN brought up 100 goals for Atletico Madrid after netting all FOUR goals against Leganes in a 4-0 win at the Wanda Metropolitano.
The 26-year-old followed up his hat-trick against Sevilla last time out by striking twice in either half as Diego Simeone’s men kept the pressure on La Liga leaders Barcelona.
Griezmann becomes the first Atletico player to net back-to-back hat-tricks in the Spanish top-flight this century as Los Colchoneros closed the gap to just four points on Ernesto Valverde’s side.
Barca face Las Palmas on Thursday evening, before they host Atletico at the Nou Camp on Sunday in the biggest game of the season.
The visitors almost took a shock lead against their opponent in the opening stages of the first half, with goalkeeper Jan Oblak tipping Gerard Gumbau’s strike on to the bar before former Chelsea left-back Filipe Luis blocked Gabriel’s follow-up on the line.
And they were made to pay for their missed chances when Griezmann brought up a century of goals as he ran on to Koke’s glorious through ball to lash the ball home in the 25th minute.
The French international then doubled his tally with a free-kick ten minutes later, as his effort nestled into the top left corner.
And he netted his third just before the hour mark, as he got on the end of Luis’ cross to guide his header into the bottom left corner.
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He then dispatched a volley in the 67th minute to become the first Atletico player to score four times in a match since Radamel Falcao in 2012, and bring up 20 goals for the season.
The 2013/14 La Liga champions have now won eight consecutive games.
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