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Batshuayi scores late winner as Chelsea beat Atletico

Chelsea's Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi
Chelsea's Belgian striker Michy Batshuayi

Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi came off the bench to snatch a 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid with the last kick of the game, taking Antonio Conte's side top of Champions League Group C.
           
France international Antoine Griezmann rammed a penalty beyond former Atletico goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to give the home side a barely deserved lead in the 40th minute, scoring the first European goal at their new stadium after striking the first Liga goal there earlier this month.
           
Former Real Madrid forward Alvaro Morata, who also spent time in Atletico's youth system, pulled Chelsea level by glancing in Eden Hazard's cross in the 60th minute after the visitors had failed to make their first-half dominance count.
           
Batshuayi replaced Morata with seven minutes remaining and inflicted a first home defeat on Atletico since September, 2015 by turning in a Marcos Alonso cutback from close range deep into stoppage-time.

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