Atletico Madrid 1 Villarreal 2, Vicente Calderon, La Liga, 13/Dec/09

Atletico Madrid were brought back down to earth with a bump as they succumbed to a fightback from Villarreal at the Vicente Calderon. Simao found his opener cancelled out by David Fuster before Joseba Llorente buried the winner in the very last minute.That Atleti had that first goal in the first place was largely down tot he form of Sergio Asenjo, who was the key player on the pitch during the first half hour.Atletico's trademark suicidal defending saw the likes of Giuseppe Rossi gifted several opportunities due to the inept display from Juanito. Ruben Cani, too, came close, but was denied by the narrowest of margins.But after 36 minutes the hosts took the lead. It was a defence-splitting through ball of the best kind from Jose Antonio Reyes that caught the Yellow Submarine wanting as Simao cut in from the left and slipped it past Diego Lopez with his second touch.Following the break, though, Villarreal's pressure told. Joan Capdevila's deep cross from the left foxed Juanito; with Sergio Asenjo hesitating over whether or not to come out, David Fuster was left with an easy finish.Then followed a balanced period of play, but one in which a bit of quality told for the Yellow Submarine. Or, to put it another way, awful defending from Perea and Juanito allowed substitute Joseba Llorente in for an opportunistic finish right at the death as the long-suffering Atleti crowd saw the recent renaissance end in disaster.The Rojiblancos are, amazingly, just one point away from the relegation zone. Villarreal jump to 10th on 18 points.