Atletico Madrid 2 Celta Vigo 0: Champions League finalists end Liga season on a high

Champions League finalists Atletico Madrid rounded off their La Liga season on a high with a 2-0 home win against Celta Vigo on Saturday.

Defeat to Levante last weekend ended Atletico's title hopes but goals from Fernando Torres and Antoine Griezmann saw Diego Simeone's men finish their domestic campaign with three points.

Diego Godin went close to opening the scoring after six minutes, but his header struck both the crossbar and the post before Fabian Orellana had Celta's best chance of the first half, only to find Jan Oblak in terrific form.

A brace of goals in the space of three minutes shortly after half-time secured the points for Atletico, with Torres brilliantly volleying in the opener following Celta's failure to clear a corner.

Simeone's men went close to taking the lead in the seventh minute, but Godin's header somehow stayed out as he was thwarted by the woodwork.

Marcelo Diaz and John Guidetti had efforts blocked as Celta pressed, then a darting Torres run almost created the opener for Atletico before the striker was crowded out in a display of strong defending from the visitors.
 
Celta had won on four of their previous eight visits to the Vicente Calderon and they would have gone ahead after 36 minutes but for a fantastic save from Oblak.

Nolito's cross was perfect for Orellana to attack and his downward header was firm, but Oblak showed off his fine reactions to make a block from point-blank range.

And those Oblak saves proved key as Atletico took the lead six minutes after the interval. 

The points were effectively sealed shortly after when another Torres bicycle kick came back off the bar and Griezmann nodded in the rebound.

The game grew increasingly tetchy with a handful of yellow cards shown in the closing minutes and Torres received a huge reception as he was replaced by Tiago – who made his return from a broken leg off the bench - as Simeone's side prepared for the Champions League showpiece with arch rivals Real Madrid in two weeks' time with their seventh straight home win in La Liga.