Sevilla beat leaders Atletico 1-0 in la Liga Sunday night to blow the title race wide open.
Argentina defender Marcos Acuna was unmarked when he nodded a cross by Jesus Navas past Jan Oblak to give the hosts all three points and boost their top four bid.
Oblak had earlier saved Lucas Ocampos’ penalty after Saul Niguez brought down Ivan Rakitic.
On a frustrating night for Diego Simeone’s men, Mario Hermoso wasted a chance to equalise against fourth-placed Sevilla when he blazed over from 15 yards.
Atletico pressed forward to try to avoid their third league defeat of the season, but substitute Angel Correa was denied by Yassine Bounou’s save in stoppage time.
Atletico, chasing a first league title since 2014, are three points clear of second-placed Real Madrid with nine games left.
Third-placed Barcelona will move within one point of the leaders if they beat 16th-placed Real Valladolid at the Camp Nou on Monday.
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