Diego Godin, Kevin Gameiro and Yannick Ferreira Carrasco were all on target as Atletico Madrid ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at struggling Osasuna on Sunday.
Clinical finishes in the latter stages of the first half from Godin and Gameiro put Atleti in control and Carrasco's late effort ensured the points as Diego Simeone's side bounced back from consecutive LaLiga defeats to Real Sociedad and Real Madrid to move fourth in the table.
Atletico had won only two of their previous five games in the top flight and had goalkeeper Jan Oblak to thank for stopping them from going behind early on as he saved a penalty from Roberto Torres.
Osasuna - who had won only once in their last nine meetings with the visitors prior to Sunday's clash at El Sadar - were left to rue that miss as Godin's header and Gameiro's fine finish gave them a mountain to climb before the break.
The hosts, who have won one league game all season, enjoyed more possession in the second half but without testing Oblak, and they were fortunate not to be reduced to 10 men when Oier Sanjurjo handled the ball on the line.
Carrasco saw another handball shout waved away, but he added the third in the closing stages as Atleti moved above Villarreal and back to within nine points of league leaders Madrid.
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