Griezmann gives Atleti three points, Sociedad held
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Atletico Madrid kicked off their Spanish La Liga campaign with a 1-0 win over newly promoted Las Palmas, but failed to live up to pre-season expectations in a nervy display.
Antoine Griezmann got the only goal of the game with a deflected free-kick after 16 minutes.
The French international had already seen one effort fly just wide of the target before his free-kick from the edge of the box clipped the Las Palmas wall and wrong-footed Raul Lizoain.
Earlier, David Moyes's Real Sociedad could only manage an uneventful 0-0 draw away at Deportivo la Coruna in a repeat of the result in the former Manchester United coach's first game in charge of the Basques last November.
Espanyol got off to a winning start against Getafe thanks to Salva Sevilla's fine free-kick.Rayo Vallecanoand Valencia finished in a goalless stalemate to finish off Saturday's action in Spain.