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Atletico Madrid came within a whisker of their first league win over Barcelona in eight years on Saturday only for Ousmane Dembele to dash their hopes with a dramatic equaliser in injury-time. Diego Costa looked to have won a dreary contest at the Wanda Metropolitano when he headed in his first La Liga goal since February with 12 minutes left, as Atletico prepared to go top of the table with a long-awaited victory. Instead, Barca produced another fightback as Dembele, on as a substitute, slid home a cool finish in the 90th minute to earn the visitors a 1-1 draw. The relief was palpable in the celebrations of the luminous yellow shirts in the corner but perhaps just as grateful were Real Madrid, beaten 3-0 by Eibar earlier in the day. Santiago Solari had proven the perfect caretaker but his debut as permanent coach ended in a disastrous, and deserved, defeat at Ipurua. Madrid's only consolation was that neither Atletico nor Barca were able to secure the win that would ...

A minute's silence has been held at the Vitality Stadium ahead of Bournemouth's Premier League meeting with Manchester United to honour those who died in the Leicester helicopter disaster. Five people, including Leicester's chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha were killed when the helicopter crashed shortly after take-off just outside the King Power stadium after Leicester's 1-1 draw with West Ham last Saturday. Similar tributes are to be held at football grounds around the country over the course of this weekend in the first full set of league fixtures since the deaths were confirmed, though Tottenham played Manchester City on Monday night and there were several EFL Cup ties in midweek. Leicester postponed their tie against Southampton on Tuesday night, but travel to Cardiff this afternoon for their first game since the incident, with the squad having unanimously agreed to play. Earlier this week, Cardiff boss Neil Warnock   promised a fitting ...