Atlético beat Levante to move top above Barcelona

Atletico Madrid earned a solid 2-0 win at Levante on Saturday to move provisionally top of La Liga before Barcelona host Alaves later on.
Diego Simeone’s side climbed a point clear of the Catalan giants, who suffered their first league defeat against rivals Real Madrid last weekend.
Goals from Alejandro Grimaldo and Giuliano Simeone in Valencia helped Atletico record a seventh consecutive league win to continue their strong form and put pressure on the reigning champions.
“I’m very happy with the team’s work,” Atletico coach Simeone told Movistar.
“We’re very far from the end of the season… we’ll keep going game by game.”
There was a minute’s silence at the start of the match in...