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Diego Costa was present in the stands and watched Atletico Madrid beat Sevilla
Antoine Griezmann and Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco scored Atletico's two goals
The victory means Diego Simeone's side leapfrog the visitors into second place
Atletico have won both matches at their new stadium, not conceding a goal

Published: 10:52 EDT, 23 September 2017 | Updated: 12:28 EDT, 23 September 2017

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Antoine Griezmann and Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco both scored in the second half to give Atletico Madrid a 2-0 victory over Sevilla, leapfrogging the visitors into second place in La Liga on Saturday.

After both sides had hit the woodwork, Carrasco opened the scoring two minutes after half-time and Griezmann sealed the victory in the 70th.

Carrasco raced around Steven N'Zoni to reach a through pass from Luciano Vietto before he avoided sliding goalkeeper Sergio Rico and pushed the ball into the empty net.

After scoring his side's second goal, Antoine Griezmann celebrated with fans at the stadium

Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco gave the home side the lead just after the interval on Saturday

The Belgium winger played well and also started the attack that led to Atletico's second goal

MATCH FACTS

Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Vrsaljko, Savic, Hernandez, Luis, Koke, Saul, Gabi, Ferreira-Carrasco (Gameiro 81), Griezmann (Thomas 72), Vietto (Correa 57)

Subs not used: Moya, Godin, Juanfran, Gaitan

Booked: Gabi 28, Ferreira-Carrasco 47, Vrsaljko 67, Correa 76

Goals: Ferreira-Carrasco 46, Griezmann 69

Sevilla: Rico, Mercado (Krohn-Dehli 77), Lenglet, Carrico, Carole, Nzonzi, Banega, Navas, Vazquez, Sarabia (Correa 58), Muriel (Ben Yedder 68)

Subs not used: Corchia, Soria, Pizarro, Pareja

Booked: Muriel 49, Mercado 53, Lenglet 84

The Belgium winger also started the attack that led to Atletico's second goal. Carrasco made a run into the area before crossing for Griezmann, who fought to keep control of the ball before he exchanged it with Filipe Luis and fired under Rico.

Jesus Navas went closest for Sevilla early on when his shot was deflected by Atletico defender Stefan Savic onto the post.

Carrasco almost set up Filipe Luis in the first half only for the left back to fire off the corner of the goal frame.

Diego Simeone's team moved one point behind leaders Barcelona, who play at Girona later. Sevilla fell to third, two points adrift of Barcelona.

Diego Costa, who is on his way back to former club Atletico from Chelsea, watched the match from the stands of the club's new Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.