Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone praised Alvaro Morata after victory over Osasuna.

The Spaniard had hit an impressive run of form before November's international break after a slow start to the season but Simeone wants to get the very best out of him.

"Hopefully he'll return to the way he was before the break," Simeone said after the win over Osasuna.

"He was scoring in almost every game.

"There aren't many people like that in football and we want to make the most of him."

Los Rojiblancos had gone three games without a win in LaLiga Santander, but Simeone was happy that his side stepped things up on Saturday.

"Like every game, we played as if it was our last," he said.

"We want to improve in every match.

"We had to try to win and we needed it. The team responded well after their great effort on Wednesday."