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Eibar v Atletico Madrid: Simeone's men out to forget Barca loss

Atletico Madrid will be desperate to bounce back from last week's 2-1 defeat at Barcelona when they meet Eibar on Saturday.

Diego Simeone's men saw the defending La Liga champions come from a goal behind to triumph 2-1 thanks to efforts from Neymar and Lionel Messi at Vicente Calderon.

Atleti set that to one side with an impressive 2-0 triumph away at Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday, and focus now returns to their domestic efforts.

Jose Luis Mendilibar's side are joint-top of the table having picked up seven points, in the process becoming the first Basque team not to taste defeat in their opening three matches since Athletic Bilbao in 2009-10.

Eibar have been resolute in shipping just a single goal so far this term, that coming in the season-opening 3-1 victory over Granada.