The knock that Álvaro Morata took in the derby against Real Madrid has meant he can't play. The striker suffered a muscle injury in his right leg that will keep him on the sidelines for a couple of weeks. He joins Diego Costa and Joao Félix, the other injured Atlético strikers.
The Atlético Madrid striker, who had to be substituted in the 50th minute against Real Madrid, suffered a muscle injury in the right leg, according to the club after subjecting the player to medical tests.
Morata was replaced at the start of the 2nd half due to pain that at the time was not known if it was a knock or an injury, and Thomas Lemar took his spot in a match that Atlético were losing 1-0.
After submitting the player to a magnetic resonance and an ultrasound, the diagnosis reported by Atletico Madrid is a "muscle injury in the right leg", in a medical report that does not specify the degree of injury, which indicates that it is "pending evolution". He would be out for about 2 weeks.
Pending this evolution, Atlético are without their 3 main forwards, since the Portuguese Joao Félix suffered a muscle injury in the previous matchday, that left him out of the match against Leganés, and Diego Costa continues to recover from the herniated cervical disk operation that he underwent at the end of November.
Atlético, who were knocked out of the Copa del Rey in the last 32 against Cultural Leonesa, will have their next league match on 8th February against Granada at 21:00 at the Wanda Metropolitano.
And all of this with the Champions League around the corner. Atlético are confident that the player will be back in time for the match against Liverpool on 18 February.