Levante win a promising free-kick near the touchline, but Rochina wastefully curls the delivery straight into the arms of Oblak.
90'
Three minutes of stoppage time are added.
86'
Rochina enters the game and replaces E. Bardhi.
Joao Felix slips a wonderful pass through to Saul who calmly beats Fernandez, but again, the linesman has his flag raised and the goal doesn't stand.
Levante look content to try and eat into time remaining now, as they make another change - Bardhi comes off for Rochina.
84'
Suarez forces a great save from Fernandez, but he's judged to be offside.
82'
Son enters the game and replaces Jorge de Frutos.
Marti also makes way with Vezo taking his place.
Levante make two changes: first up De Frutos comes off for Son.
81'
Vitolo enters the game and replaces Á. Correa.
Rúben Vezo enters the game and replaces Roger.
L. Torreira enters the game and replaces Koke.
Correa is replaced by Torreira for Atletico.
78'
This game is finely poised heading into the final 10 minutes. Atletico are still in control, but chances will open up for Levante on the counter the more the away side push for a winner.
74'
Alcon almost wriggles in behind the Atletico defence, but Savic races across to muscle him off the ball.
72'
Levante appeal for a handball and penalty after a shot flicks off Gimenez in the box, but the referee and VAR remain unmoved.
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70'
Dani Gómez enters the game and replaces José Luis Morales.
Morales makes way with Alcon taking his spot on the left flank.
68'
Llorente veers in from the right flank, before drilling a low shot wide of the near post.
66'
João Félix enters the game and replaces Y. Carrasco.
Joao Felix returns from injury to replace Carrasco.
64'
Clerc slams a vicious effort from 25 yards, but Oblak's behind it and pushes the ball to safety.
62'
Atletico enjoy a succession of corners, but the deliveries are poor and Levante manage to clear each time.
60'
Llorente bursts towards the byline and has an opportunity to slide it across to Suarez for a tap in, however, Pier manages to recover and slide in to poke the cross behind.
57'
Levante haven't found themselves under quite as much pressure in the second half. Aside from the glaring Correa chance, they've successfully pushed higher up the pitch and Atletico are struggling to create shooting opportunities at a regular clip.
53'
Levante attempt a clever free-kick routine as they chip it over the wall and into the path of Marti, but the striker is penalised for a high foot when trying to volley at goal.
51'
G. Kondogbia gets yellow.
Kondogbia is booked after lunging in high on De Frutos.
50'
Suarez looked incredibly disappointed with that miss from Correa, and Levante try and punish the away side immediately as De Frutos whips in a devious cross that Savic expertly clears.
46'
G. Kondogbia enters the game and replaces Š. Vrsaljko.
Ó. Duarte enters the game and replaces N. Radoja.
Both sides make a change during the break: Atletico replace Vrsaljko with Kondogbia.
Meanwhile, Levante switch Radoja with Duarte.
Levante get the second half underway.
45' +3
HALF TIME: Levante 1-1 Atletico Madrid
45' +2
The resulting free-kick is laid off to Correa who rifles a powerful shot straight at the defender.
45'
Jorge de Frutos gets yellow.
De Frutos hits Carrasco with a late tackle and he receives a yellow card.
44'
Atletico are dominating currently and Levante will be hoping that the half time whistle sounds quickly.
42'
S. Savić gets yellow.
Savic is booked after colliding with Marti in the air.
41'
It was crucial that Atletico found an equaliser before half time. Levante have defended excellently, and the longer the scoreline remained 1-0 the more frustrated the away side would have become.
39'
Fernandez is quickly forced into action again as he parries Suarez's acrobatic volley from 20 yards to safety.
37'
Marcos Llorente has scored a goal for Atletico Madrid! Assist by Koke.
LLORENTE! 1-1! Atletico grab an equaliser before half time, as Llorente's speculative effort from 25 yards flicks off Pier and into the net! Fernandez was left stranded by that deflection!
It was Koke who passed it into Llorente there, but surely even he didn't expect that shot to bounce in so fortuitously!
36'
Saul drills an effort from 20 yards that Fernandez just about manages to push around the post.
34'
Morales jinks inside Savic and bends a curling effort from just outside the box that flicks off Gimenez and into the arms of Oblak.
30'
Llorente steals possession from Malsa and suddenly the away side have space to move into! However, the midfielder's throughball towards Correa is miscued and Levante clear again.
28'
Correa's attempts to pick the deep defence with a deft, first-time flick towards Suarez, but it clumsily bobbles into his shin, allowing Levante to clear.
26'
Saúl gets yellow.
Saul is shown a yellow card after catching Pier in the face with a stray arm.
24'
Saul collects Suarez's pass from the byline, before blasting a wayward volley wide of the near post.
22'
Atletico search for an immediate response as Suarez hooks a speculative volley straight at Fernandez from 20 yards.
19'
Well, that was against the run of play! Atletico were in complete control of this game, but after Levante's rapid goal on the counter, they'll need to score two goals for an eighth consecutive game if they're to win.
17'
E. Bardhi has scored a goal for Levante! Assist by Jorge de Frutos.
De Frutos received the ball on the halfway line, but drove directly at the Atletico defence which opened up the space for Bardhi to take advantage.
BARDHI! 1-0 LEVANTE! De Frutos ignites a quick counter-attack as he charges towards the edge of the box, before slipping Bardhi through on goal where he cooly slots a low finish beyond Oblak!
16'
Morales almost gallops onto a long switch from Pier, but it just runs out of play.
15'
Atletico win their first corner of the game, as Postigo hacks Carrasco's cross behind. However, the resulting delivery is poor and Pier batters it away at the near post.
13'
Levante have coped well with the early Atletico pressure though: they've sat deep in their structured 4-4-2 and they've prevented any opportunity for the away side to get in behind them.
11'
Suarez nods a weak header well wide after Llorente managed to dig out an accurate cross from the byline.
7'
Marti finds himself alone in the box with Gimenez following a swift counter-attack, but he can't beat the defender and he ends up skewing a shot well wide.
5'
The away side continue to stamp their authority on the game as they enjoy a long spell of possession in their own half.
3'
Atletico start with plenty of intent, as they sweep forward with a beautiful, flowing move that ends with Miramon flicking Vrsaljko's dangerous cross away from harm.
1'
Atletico Madrid get the first half underway.
Atletico are flying. They’re top of the league, with five points separating them and second-place Real Madrid. Today marks the first of two games in hand where they can strengthen their grip on the title and they’ll be desperate to capitalise.
Hello and welcome to live commentary of this LaLiga fixture between Levante and Atletico Madrid. The hosts enter this one in solid form: they’ve lost just once in their last six games and find themselves 11th in the table – they’ll be hoping to build on this and stun Atletico today.
LEVANTE (4-4-2): Aitor Fernandez; Jorge Miramon, Sergio Postigo, Rober Pier, Carlos Clerc; Jorge de Frutos, Mickael Malsa, Nemanja Radoja, Enis Bardhi; Roger Marti, Jose Luis Morales.
SUBS: Daniel Cardenas, Ruben Vezo, Sergio Leon, Coke, Ruben Rochina, Oscar Duarte, Dani Gomez, Tono, Cheick Doukoure, Son.
SUBS: Geoffrey Kondogbia, Lucas Torreira, Ivo Grbic, Joao Felix, Sergio Camello, Renan Lodi, Felipe, Vitolo.
The players are emerging from the tunnel and kick off is just seconds away!
ATLETICO MADRID (3-1-4-2): Jan Oblak; Stefan Savic, Jose Gimenez, Mario Hermoso; Koke; Sime Vrsaljko,, Marcos Llorente, Saul Niguez, Yannick Carrasco; Angel Correa, Luis Suarez.
Suarez was a menace in that first period and Levante will need to get a grip on the attacker if they're to stem the Atletico tide in the second half.
That's all for now though, goodbye!
The result means that Atletico move six points clear of Real Madrid in second. Levante, meanwhile, remain 11th.
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