Yannick Carrasco strike sees Atletico Madrid beat Bayern Munich in Madrid

Atletico Madrid produced another European masterclass to beat Bayern Munich 1-0 at the Vicente Calderon.

Yannick Carrasco scored the only goal of the game, smashing a terrific shot beyond Manuel Neuer after tidy work by Antoine Griezmann opened up the visitors’ defence.

Bayern pushed hard for an equaliser, but could find no way through a typically resolute Atletico defence as the Spanish side made yet another case for being one of the best teams on the continent.

It could have been a bigger win had Griezmann put away a penalty late on, but the France international struck the crossbar with his spot-kick.

Bayern dominated possession but Atletico had the better of the chances in the opening half in Madrid.

The Bundesliga side, however, had the first opportunity early on when Thiago Alcantara's perfect pass found Thomas Mueller in the box but his right-footed volley was saved by Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak.

Atletico responded with an effort from Carrasco that forced Neuer into a full-stretch save.

Fernando Torres, who was starting for the second time this season, should have put the hosts ahead in the 23rd minute but the striker's close-range header from a corner struck the post. He then drilled a left-footed shot wide.

Torres, however, was influential in Atletico's goal, pressuring Alonso to give up possession, which allowed Griezmann to break and tee up Carrasco.

Early in the second half, Ancelotti brought on Arjen Robben, Mats Hummels and Joshua Kimmich, who had scored twice as Bayern thrashed Rostov 5-0 in their group opener.

Atletico maintained control and Carrasco came close to scoring his second when his curled shot was kept out by Neuer.

Griezmann could have killed the game off, but his miss proved academic as Atletico withstood Bayern's late pressure to claim all three points.