"Diego Simeone backed his Argentina forward to bounce back from his penalty miss last time out, and Alvarez did exactly that, scoring the winner with a thunderous strike from outside the box in the 88th minute. Alvarez scored his first early on, volleying home with his weaker left foot from Marcos Llorente's cross, but Vallecano fired back with an even better strike as Pep Chavarria fired a rocket from close to 30 yards out to beat Jan Oblak."
"The visitors thought they scored a potential winner after 77 minutes, with Alvaro Garcia finding the back of the net against the run of play, but Alvarez was not willing to drop points in another LaLiga match. The 25-year-old quickly equalised for Atleti, reacting first to a rebound after Augusto Batalla made an incredible initial save to deny Giuliano Simeone's header, and Alvarez then sent the home fans into rapture with his brilliant winner."
Julian Álvarez scored a hat-trick to secure a 3-2 victory for Atletico Madrid over Rayo Vallecano at the Estadio Metropolitano. He opened the scoring early with a left-footed volley from Marcos Llorente's cross, and completed his treble with an 88th-minute thunderous strike from outside the box after missing a penalty previously. Rayo replied through Pep Chavarria's 30-yard rocket and Alvaro Garcia's 77th-minute strike, but Alvarez quickly equalised following a rebound from an incredible Augusto Batalla save. Atletico produced 3.98 expected goals from 20 attempts to Vallecano's 0.91 from nine shots and registered their second win of the season. Atletico remain unbeaten in their last 17 LaLiga matches against Vallecano (W14 D3).
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