Griezmann bags four as Atletico rout Leganes

Antoine Griezmann scored all four goals as Atletico Madrid swatted aside Leganes 4-0 in La Liga Wednesday to cut the gap on leader Barcelona to four points. Barca visit Las Palmas Thursday before hosting Atletico Sunday. French forward Griezmann bagged two goals in each half in a stunning display to become the first Atletico player this century to score hat-tricks in successive league games. He also became the first Atletico player to net four in a match since Radamel Falcao in 2012 and brought up his 100th goal for the club he joined in 2014.

1⃣ FC Barcelona - 65 ptos. 2⃣ Atlético de Madrid - 61 ptos. (+1 partido)

¡El @Atleti se pone a cuatro del @FCBarcelona_es! ?#LaLigaSantander pic.twitter.com/lriu0s5iUw— LaLiga (@LaLiga) February 28, 2018

Leganes had started strongly and were unfortunate not to open the scoring. Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak tipped Gerard Gumbau's thunderous effort on to the bar before Filipe Luis blocked Gabriel’s follow-up on the line in a frantic opening quarter in which Griezmann struck the woodwork. The Frenchman made no mistake, however, as he ran on to Koke’s sumptuous through ball to finish after 25 minutes and soon doubled his tally with a stunning free kick. The hat-trick was completed with a towering header before Griezmann volleyed in a fourth to complete an eighth successive victory for Simeone’s team in all competition.

Antoine Griezmann has now scored 7 goals in his last two games for Atletico Madrid:

⚽⚽⚽ vs. Sevilla ⚽⚽⚽⚽ vs. Leganes On fire. ? pic.twitter.com/oEbx6NXAp7— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 28, 2018

RESULTSAthletic 1 (Marcos 49) Valencia 1 (Kondogbia 23)Malaga 0 Sevilla 1 (Correa 15)Getafe 3 (Diaz 40, Boveda 44-og, Molina 82) Deportivo 0Atletico 4 (Griezmann 26, 35, 56, 67) Leganes 0Eibar 1 (Kike 16) Villarreal 0