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Atletico Madrid keeper Oblak delighted with first penalty save in 3 years to beat Alaves

Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak was delighted to help his teammates to victory over Alaves.

Atletico won 1-0 on Sunday, with Oblak deny Joselu an equaliser from the penalty spot late in the game. It was his first penalty save in three years.

Oblak later said, "Penalties are something that is not understood. Sometimes you stop a lot, I remember that three years ago I stopped four out of six and lately not one… Of course you're not happy with that, luckily I stopped it today, it was in the last minutes and we won.

"It is my seventh year here and there are games where you suffer, the same goes in the Rojiblanco's DNA to suffer. But it makes football beautiful, you never know what will happen. Of course you want to solve before and score two or three goals, but with 1-0 it's three points and that's what it's worth."

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