Atletico knocked out of King's Cup by Celta

ByReuters

Published 27/01/2016 at 21:42 GMT

Pablo Hernandez scored twice to help Celta Vigo to a shock 3-2 second-leg victory at Atletico Madrid that booked them a place in the King's Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.

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The first leg had finished 0-0 and, in contrast, the return was a feast of attacking football in which Celta showed the greater cutting edge to stun Atletico who are second in La Liga.

Hernandez nodded home after 22 minutes and although Antoine Griezmann pounced on a rebound to equalise, John Guidetti struck from distance to restore the visitors' advantage after 56 minutes.

Celta extended their lead through another Hernandez header and Atletico could only pull one goal back through substitute Angel Correa nine minutes time.

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