Atlético Madrid star sets La Liga benchmark to guide Diego Simeone’s side level with Barcelona

A remarkable statistic, highlighting the ongoing excellence of Atlético Madrid star Alexander Sørloth in front of goal has on Sunday come to the fore online.

This comes fresh off another outing to remember for the summer arrival in Spain’s capital.

Atlético marked their return to action a short time ago, welcoming Getafe to the Wanda Metropolitano for a La Liga clash.

When all was said and done, the hosts emerged on the right side of the result, to make it 11 successive victories across all competitions.

And it was the aforementioned Sørloth who proved himself match-winner.

Midway through the 2nd-half, Nahuel Molina’s pinpoint delivery from the right was nodded home in superb fashion by the towering centre-forward.

And, as alluded to above, collective significance in guiding Atléti joint-top of the La Liga table aside, Sørloth’s exploits have since given rise to a head-turning individual statistic.

As revealed by StatMuse:

‘Alexander Sørloth is the first player to score 30 non-penalty goals since the start of last LaLiga season.’

Conor Laird – GSFN