La Liga: Atletico Madrid survive scare at Malaga, Sporting hold Sevilla in Gijon

Yannick Carrasco and Kevin Gameiro struck twice as Atletico Madrid beat Malaga 4-2 in a La Liga clash that saw both sides finish with 10 men.

Malaga's Jony was the first to threaten goal with a long-range attempt after five minutes but Jan Oblak was not troubled and Atletico were soon ahead.

The opener came as Antoine Griezmann slipped in Carrasco on the edge of the box and he took a touch before beating Carlos Kameni with a low, left-footed shot across goal.

Griezmann was heavily influential and headed over before teeing up another chance for Juanfran, whose effort was saved by Kameni.

Atletico's pressure paid off as they forced the errors which led to their second after 24 minutes. Bakary Kone headed an overhit Juanfran cross back into the danger area in front of goal and Camacho compounded that mistake by heading it straight to Gameiro - who accepted the gift and lashed home.

Malaga replied in spectacular fashion after 31 minutes when Ramirez curled in a free-kick from wide on the left. Yet that merely interrupted Atletico's flow with Saul Niguez firing narrowly over, Griezmann forcing a save and Carrasco missing the target.

A third Atletico goal seemed likely and it arrived a minute before the interval as Griezmann headed a long ball from Filipe Luis into the path of Gameiro, who rifled in after skipping over a challenge from Mikel Villanueva.

The complexion of the game changed on the hour, however, as Savic was booked for a second time in the space of 11 minutes for fouling Gonzalo Castro.

The hosts responded by replacing Griezmann with defender Lucas Hernandez and Malaga almost immediately pulled another goal back as Camacho headed home a Castro corner.

But Carrasco finally made the game safe four minutes from time. That was not the end of the action, however, as Castro got a red card with a second yellow in the 88th minute.

Elsewhere, Sevilla missed the chance to record their best start to a league season after being held 1-1 by Sporting Gijon on another frustrating trip to El Molinon for the Andalusian side.

A victory would have left high-flying Sevilla with 23 points from their opening 10 games - more points than they had ever previously managed at this stage of a campaign - and that looked on the cards when Luciano Vietto fired them ahead inside four minutes.

However, Moi Gomez levelled things up midway through the first half with a fine volley and Sevilla could not find a second goal which would have earned them a sixth successive win in all competitions.

The result continues Sevilla's disappointing run at El Molinon, which had seen them lose six of their last eight meetings with just one win - back in 2009.