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Julian Alvarez broke the deadlock from the penalty spot before Thiago Almada helped secure all three points with a goal and assist in Atletico's third straight league win.

Both sides struggled to find their footing in the opening stages before Alexander Sorloth turned into space only to see his rifled shot parried by Odysseas Vlachodimos.

Nico Gonzalez was a bright spark in the first half, drilling a low shot off the inside of the right post before bursting past Sevilla's backline, only to be denied by the sprawling Vlachodimos.

Substitute Tanguy Nianzou caught Jose Maria Gimenez on the thigh with his studs as he attempted to clear his lines, and the spot-kick was awarded after a video assistant referee (VAR) review. Alvarez picked out the bottom-left corner with his confident strike.

Nemanja Gudelj forced Jan Oblak into his first save with a long-range drive in the 73rd minute, but just four minutes later, Giuliano Simeone won the ball back high upfield and picked out Almada for a lovely first-time finish.

More chances went begging for Atletico, but Almada put it on a plate for Griezmann, who picked out the bottom-left corner in the 89th minute, despite Vlachodimos getting a hand to the shot.

Griezmann became just the 11th player to reach 200 goals milestone in LaLiga's history as a result.

He is the sixth non-Spanish player to do so, behind Lionel Messi (474), Cristiano Ronaldo (311), Karim Benzema (238), Hugo Sanchez (234), and Alfredo Di Stefano (227).

Diego Simeone's side is now unbeaten in its past 17 LaLiga home matches against Sevilla, winning 10 of those and the past four in a row.