Better call Saul as stunner puts Atletico Madrid in driving seat

Atletico Madrid 1 Bayern Munich 0: Saul Niguez’s first-half solo strike proved enough to hand Atletico Madrid a narrow 1-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final at Vicente Calderon.

The Spain Under-21 international’s early wonder goal handed the Spanish side the edge ahead of next week’s second leg at the Allianz Arena.

“What Saul did was spectacular,” said Fernando Torres. “The ‘golazo’ gave us the chance to play the game we wanted to play.”