Atletico Madrid were dumped out of the Copa del Rey at the quarter-final stage for the second season running after Celta Vigo won 3-2 at Vicente Calderon.
Chilean midfielder Pedro Pablo Hernandez scored a pair of headed goals either side of John Guidetti’s thunderbolt to give Celta only their second victory over Atletico in the last six meetings between the two sides.
Goals from Antoine Griezmann and Angel Correa turned out to be meaningless in the second leg – the first encounter having finished 0-0 – for Atletico, whose unbeaten run of eight matches in all competitions came grinding to a halt on a night they will want to forget.
Defensive errors have not been a problem for Diego Simeone’s side this season, but his players were caught napping at the back throughout a contest that Celta deservedly won with a courageous performance.
Celta move through to the semi-finals, where they will hope to secure a passage to their first Copa del Rey final in 15 years.
Having been held to goalless draws in both of their previous matches, Atletico started the game with a sense of urgency and Koke hammered a shot just wide from Yannick Ferreira Carrasco’s corner after five minutes.
The expectant Vicente Calderon crowd urged their side forward and Griezmann fired a deflected shot that was saved by Celta goalkeeper Ruben Blanco, who required treatment after Luciano Vietto clattered into him in an attempt to follow up the effort.
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