Marcos Llorente placeholder image always is decisive. If last Sunday he showed his most forceful version in front of goal with a double against Eibar, his second at Atlético after Anfield, against Huesca he preferred to show his assistant facet. He made the last pass on a play where Correa ended up making a great goal, after turning with the body and knocking down a defender with a dribble, and gave the second to Carrasco after stealing in the rival area thanks to its intensity and showing your generosity looking for the belgian instead of defining before Álvaro Fernández.
With their two goal passes, Llorente reaches ten assists in the league (plus one in Champions), what added to his eleven points (plus another in Champions), make him the third LaLiga player in double-double numbers, using basketball slang, overcoming double figures in two categories. Something that alone they had done Messi Y Blades in a category that seemed exclusively for strikers with a lot of game vision. But Llorente it's a total player and it has no roof.
If a year and a half ago, when he signed for Atlético as a pivot from Real Madrid, someone had predicted such figures in Llorente, he would have been called crazy. Not even '14' probably could have imagined similar conversion, but after his absence against Betis due to suspension, has returned to throw the team on his back without Suárez, João Félix or Lemar and has formed a fantastic attack front next to Carrasco and Correa. Atlético has recovered from its last punctures based on goals and with a new tactical system where Llorente continues to be essential.
With defense of four, Simeone is forming a trident in the middle, where Herrera stands as a pivot, with Koke and Saúl at his side and Carrasco pulled to the left, Llorente to the right and Correa from 'false 9'. With a lot of mobility at the top, the attack front can appear from any profile. And Atlético has not suffered in defense, leaving the clean sheets in both games and offering very few concessions. That position of Llorente allows him to tread the area many times in search of the shot, but also to continue falling on the wing with that great connection he has with Trippier.
Now him Athletic face the last six games as a leader, depending on himself and that Llorente maintains that level of transcendence of face to door. In San Mamés, Cholo could recover Suárez and retake his most deadly partner in attack, since the '9' is the one who best understands Llorente's centers when he reaches the baseline. The Uruguayan has 19 goals and two assists in the league, For this reason, the two mattress figures have been decisive in 21 goals each (of the 59 of the team). Against Huesca, it was once again clear that Llorente wants the League and that, with him on the field, everything is easier.