Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid in tense derby clash

Atletico Madrid edged 10-man Real Madrid 2-1 in a La Liga derby clash on Sunday to leave Jose Mourinho's side trailing leaders Barcelona by five points. Dean Huijsen was sent off early in the second half for Los Blancos before Alejandro Grimaldo and Jonathan David's goals earned Diego Simeone's Atletico victory, with Antonio Rudiger pulling one back late on. Atletico rose to second, five points behind Barca and one ahead of Real Madrid, fourth, who chalked up a second defeat of the campaign. Real Betis rose to third despite being held 1-1 at Deportivo La Coruna, while Villarreal beat Levante 3-1. The Madrid derby hinged on Huijsen's red card early in the second period, for pulling down Giuliano Simeone in the box which led to a penalty, tucked away by Grimaldo to set Atletico on their way. Real Madrid were unhappy about challenges from Cristian Romero and Lee Kang-in in the first half which Mourinho said should have been red cards. "They were two clear red cards... the difficulty we had after (Huijsen's red) with 11 (players) against 10, well imagine 50 minutes with 11 against nine," Mourinho grumbled. "There are no miracles in football," he continued. "11 against nine, well we can imagine how that would...