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Alvaro Morata Hints at Giorgio Chiellini Dive After Disallowed Goal in UCL Win

Alvaro Morata believes Giorgio Chiellini went down too easily in the build-up to his disallowed goal during Atletico Madrid's 2-0 win over Juventus in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.

Morata, 26, looked to have opened the scoring for his new club at the Wanda Metropolitano only for the goal to be chalked off by VAR after the Spaniard was adjudged to have pushed Chiellini before heading home.

Late strikes from Jose Gimenez and Diego Godin secured a deserved victory for Atleti over the Italian champions in the last 16 first leg (US only):

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Atletico Madrid made a STATEMENT on its home pitch today ud83dudd25 The Spanish side defeated Juventus 2-0 and could've easily scored 4 or 5 ud83dude33 #UCL https://t.