Coro forward replacing Jose Callejon and Ivan Pillud coming in for David Garcia but the change made little difference as his side put up a poor resistance to a rampant Atletico. 

The hosts continued to dominate and 20 minutes after the interval they were two in front when Aguero fired a free-kick to the bottom right hand corner to virtually assure the three points for Atleti.

Raul Tamudo and Moises Hurtado had rare sights on goal for an out of sorts Espanyol side but Atletico maintained the upper hand and continued to press for a third goal.

Aguero had a couple of decent chances to grab a second late on but managed to head wide from Maxi Rodriguez's cross and moments later hit the post from close range when a goal seemed certain.

Facundo Roncaglia saw red after picking up his second yellow card and then the third goal finally came with five minutes remaining as the lively Aguero finally grabbed his second of the game firing home from close range after good work from Juanito.

Maxi grabbed the fourth in the dying minutes as Aguero turned provider finding his fellow Argentinian in the box for a simple finish.

The win lifts Los Colchoneros out of the relegation places and if they continue to play like this it's only a matter of time before Atleti put their poor start behind them and climb the league table.

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