Joao Felix, Luis Suarez fire relentless Atletico Madrid to victory over Valencia

Joao Felix and Luis Suarez combined to devastating effect as Atletico Madrid came from behind to beat Valencia 3-1 at home on Sunday to continue their relentless pursuit of the La Liga title.

Valencia took a shock lead in the 11th minute with an unstoppable long-range strike from Serbian midfielder Uros Racic but the league leaders responded in the 23rd when Felix stuck out a foot to prod home from a corner.

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The Portuguese forward then latched on to a through ball to launch a quick counter attack early in the second half and released Suarez, who took a couple of touches before striking in off the far post from a tight angle.

The Uruguayan, who was celebrating his 34th birthday, moved joint-top of La Liga`s goalscoring charts alongside Sevilla`s Youssef En-Nesyri, with 12 strikes from 15 games since being forced out of Barcelona last year.

He also struck both goals, including winning and earning a last-minute penalty, in Thursday`s come-from-behind 2-1 win at Eibar.

Substitute Angel Correa then finished off a fine move from Marcos Llorente in the 72nd minute to clinch a seventh league win in a row for Diego Simeone`s side.

Atletico lead the standings with 47 points from 18 games, seven ahead of nearest challengers Real Madrid and with a game in hand. Valencia are 14th on 20 points.

"It`s perfect to play alongside a striker like Luis Suarez. He just keeps scoring goals and he is so important for the team," said Felix.

"We may have fallen behind early but we`re a team that keeps fighting until the end. We`re doing so well, we just focus on each game and that`s what we need to keep doing. We`re not looking at how many points we have."

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