Lucas Hernandez showed his incredible pace to save Atletico

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The Atletico man did brilliantly to win the ball back. Screenshot/beINSports

Atletico Madrid's narrow victory over lowly Deportivo was as much down to their strong defending as anything else, with on Lucas Hernandez tackle a particularly fine display of pace, timing and commitment.

Borja Valle raced clear on the counter attack and bore down on Jan Oblak's goal. Lucas, on the other side of the pitch at this point, set off in pursuit, seemingly with very little chance to making any sort of impact.

However, Lucas turned on the turbo, reaching a speed of 34km/h according to the people who mesure such metrics and allowing him to make a last-ditch challenge to win his side the ball back.

The Atletico man's challenge kept alive Atletico's faint hopes of winning the title, whilst Depor continue to look destined for relegation.

1 April 2018

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