Griezmann
got the hosts off to the perfect start after five minutes and then sealed the
three points from what was an otherwise unconvincing Atletico display from
Jackson Martinez's stoppage time pass.
Victory
takes Atletico top on goal difference from champions Barcelona.
Barca and
Real Madrid are in action on Wednesday when they travel to Celta Vigo and
Athletic Bilbao respectively.
Valencia's
poor start to the campaign continued as Victor Alvarez's first-half goal was
enough to give Espanyol a 1-0 win.
Los Che have
managed just five points from their opening five games and coach Nuno Espirito
Santo was subjected to calls for his resignation by fans during Saturday's 0-0
draw at home to Real Betis.
At the
Vicente Calderon, Diego Simeone made six changes to the Atletico side that won
2-0 at Eibar on Saturday and the hosts got off to a flying start.
A corner was
only cleared as far as Gabi on the edge of the area and his ball back into the
danger zone was expertly controlled and finished by Griezmann.
Yannick
Ferreira Carrasco was one of those given his chance to impress and the Belgian
fired just wide as Atletico continued to push forward.
Yet, it was
Getafe who ended the half the stronger as Jan Oblak had to get down well to
divert on-loan Celtic striker Stefan Scepovic's drive to safety.
The visitors
had an even better chance to level on the hour mark when Pedro Leon fired wide
with just Oblak to beat.
Simeone
responded by introducing Martinez for the ineffectual Fernando Torres.
And despite
again failing to get on he scoresheet, the Colombian unselfishly teed up
Griezmann to fire home his fifth goal of the season.
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