Atlético Madrid fought back to rescue a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday as Julian Alvarez’s second-half brace cancelled out Piero Hincapie‘s opener in an action-packed game which ended with both sides down to 10 men.
Atlético played more than an hour with a man down after midfielder Pablo Barrios was shown a straight red card for a reckless studs-up tackle from behind on Jeremie Frimpong in the 24th minute.
After the home side’s goalkeeper Jan Oblak had made a string of saves to deny Leverkusen, the Germans managed to break the deadlock in added time before the break with a headed goal by Hincapie.
Atlético came back better after halftime, found an equaliser through Alvarez in a quick…