Levante 2-1 Atletico Madrid: Fernando Torres strikes early but Atletico's title hopes are ended by La Liga's bottom club

• Atletico Madrid are out of La Liga title race after defeat at lowly Levante
• Fernando Torres opened the scoring for the visitors within two minutes 
• Victor Casadesus headed past Jan Oblak to equalise on the half-hour
• Giuseppe Rossi came off the bench to score Levante's last-gasp winner 
• Atleti trail leaders Barcelona by three points with a game left and have a substantially inferior goal difference to the Catalan outfit 

Atletico Madrid's hopes of ripping the title from the hands of Barcelona were dealt a terminal blow by La Liga's bottom club.

Despite taking an early lead through Fernando Torres at Estadi Ciutat de Valencia, Atletico ended with nothing from the meeting as Victor Cadasesus equalised in the 30th minute before Giuseppe Rossi came off the bench to score a last-gasp winner for the hosts, who have already been relegated from the Spanish top flight.

Torres opened the scoring in the second minute, dinking the ball over Levante goalkeeper Diego Marino at the end of Koke's scything pass. 

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Jan Oblak (right) and Jose Maria Gimenez of Atletico Madrid look devastated after conceding to Levante during the 2-1 defeat at the relegated club, which ended their hopes of claiming the La Liga title

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Fernando Torres celebrates after giving Atletico Madrid a second-minute lead against Levante on Sunday

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Victor Casadesus (centre) equalised for the home side on the half-hour mark of the crucial La Liga encounter

MATCH FACTS

Levante: Marino, Navarro, Garcia, Medjani, Lopez, Verza (Simao 64), Lerma, Cuero (Ruben Garcia 46), Morales, Verdu, Casadesus (Rossi 79)

Subs not used: Lopez, Tono, Deyverson

Goals: Casadesus 30, Rossi 90

Booked: Garcia

Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Juanfran, Gimenez, Savic, Filipe Luis, Gabi (Thomas 70), Augusto (Carrasco 46), Koke, Saul, Correa (Griezmann 46), Torres

Subs not used: Moya, Godin, Jesus Gamez, Vietto

Goals: Torres 2

Booked: Gimenez

Referee: Jose Luis Gonzalez

Attendance: 12,054

But the visitors were unable to protect their lead through to half-time and Levante hauled themselves level on the half-hour as Casadesus produced a fabulous header to beat Jan Oblak.

As Diego Simeone's side piled forward in search of a late winner late on, they were dealt a sucker-punch at the back as substitute Rossi had time and space to pick his spot beyond Oblak. 

With Barcelona trouncing Espanyol, Atleti are out of the title race.

More follows. 

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Atletico's players huddle in celebration after Torres's early strike gave their title hopes an early boost

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Torres tries to head home a left-wing cross as Atletico pushed forward in an attempt to double their lead

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The striker was unable to direct the ball in the direction of the Levante goal, with keeper Diego Marino beaten

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Atletico Madrid forward Saul Niguez shields the ball from Pedro Lopez of Levante during the first half

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Verza, the Levante midfielder, takes the ball away from the toes of Saul as Atleti tried in vain to score a second

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Atletico's Argentinian forward Angel Correa slides into a tackle on Jefferson Lerma during the La Liga match

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Levante players congratulate Victor Casadesus following his equaliser for the bottom club in the 30th minute

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Levante assistant coach German Burgos watches Juanfran being tackled by his side's Jose Luis Morales

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Torres attempts to weave his way through a melee of Levante players during a low-key encounter