Atletico Madrid edged out Athletic Bilbao 2-1 at San Mames thanks to second-half goals from Angel Correa and Yannick Ferreira Carrasco.
Los Rojiblancos were fortunate not to find themselves behind at the interval as Aritz Aduriz had a penalty saved by Jan Oblak.
Correa opened the scoring 55 minutes in following some fine interplay between Antoine Griezmann and Koke, before Carrasco came off the bench to tuck home a second, rendering Raul Garcia's late strike a mere consolation.
Relive how the 90 minutes of action unfolded with Sports Mole's live text coverage below.
STARTING XI: Oblak; Gimenez, Savic, Godin, Filipe Luis; Gaitan, Saul, Thomas, Koke; Correa, Griezmann
SUBS: Moya, Lucas, Juanfran, Carrasco, Gabi, Torres, Gameiro
STARTING XI: Arrizabalaga, Martinez, Nunez, Laporte, Balenziaga, San Jose, Iturraspe, Susaeta, Garcia, Muniain, Aduriz
SUBS: Herrerin, Boveda, Benat, Williams, Etxeita, Vesga, Cordoba
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Jose Angel Ziganda: "I have no reason to not be optimistic regarding Kepa's renewal. It's not that I want to fool myself but, as long as I can, but I prefer to think positively rather than negatively. I see him calm and very well."
Diego Simeone: "Having a deeper squad has improved the level of competition within the team. Lucas, Thomas, Gaitan, Vietto – they have all raised their game. We have always thought that having more competition would give us the possibility to choose the players which are best suited to each game."
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ATHLETIC BILBAO SUBS: Herrerin, Boveda, Benat, Williams, Etxeita, Vesga, Cordoba
ATLETICO MADRID SUBS: Moya, Lucas, Juanfran, Carrasco, Gabi, Torres, Gameiro
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