{"id":468756,"date":"2018-03-01T11:30:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T11:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/01\/thomas-partey-features-as-atletico-win-to-close-gap-on-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2018-03-01T11:30:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T11:30:30","slug":"thomas-partey-features-as-atletico-win-to-close-gap-on-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/01\/thomas-partey-features-as-atletico-win-to-close-gap-on-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Partey features as Atletico win to close gap on Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday,  1 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-03-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/92163257.295.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Partey Ball\" title=\"Thomas Partey Ball\" width=\"295\" height=\"235\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Thomas Partey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1519903830_721_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Thomas Partey was handed starting berth for the second time in four days as Atletico Madrid yet another emphatic victory over Leganes to close the gap on leaders Barcelona. <\/p>\n<p>Antoine Griezmann scored four goals, to add to a hat-trick at the weekend, as Atleti thrashed Leganes 4-0 for an eighth win in a row.<\/p>\n<p>Partey, 24, won four tackles &#8211; second highest &#8211; before he was replaced by Vitolo in the 60th minute.<\/p>\n<p>It was his 16th start in La Liga this season having netted five goals.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico are four points behind Barca, who visit Las Palmas on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Diego Simeone&#8217;s side, whose eight consecutive wins have come in all competitions, visit the Nou Camp on Sunday in a game that could help set up a late title race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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