Atletico Madrid's Renan Lodi, left, blocks Lokomotiv's Vladislav Ignatyev, on the ground during the Champions League group A soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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MADRID (AP) - Atlético Madrid missed a chance to move closer to a spot in the knockout stage of the Champions League after a 0-0 draw at home against Lokomotiv Moscow on Wednesday.
Atlético's second consecutive draw against the Russian club left Diego Simeone's team with five points from four matches in Group A. It is two points ahead of winless Lokomotiv and seven behind defending champion Bayern Munich, which stayed top with 12 points after beating last-place Salzburg 3-1 at home.
Atlético and Lokomotiv had drawn 1-1 in Moscow.
Atlético got off to a good start at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium and created several scoring opportunities early in the first half, but with time Lokomotiv became better organized defensively and even threatened a few times on counterattacks.
Atlético came closest to scoring when Jorge 'œKoke'ť Resurrección's goal in the 68th minute was disallowed for offside after video review. Defender Stefan Savic later missed the open net with a lob that never made it to the goal, and José MarÃa Giménez's header in the 88th just went wide of the post.
Wednesday's draw extended Atlético's unbeaten streak at home to 20 matches. A group-stage loss to Chelsea in 2017 was its only defeat in its last 28 European games at home.
Atlético was without striker Luis Suárez and midfielder Lucas Torreira, who recently tested positive for COVID-19 while with Uruguay's national team. Simeone also couldn't count on striker Diego Costa because of a right leg blood clot detected on Wednesday, an ailment that could keep the Brazil-born player sidelined for several weeks.
Simeone used Ãngel Correa in attack alongside Portugal forward João Félix but they were not able to spark the team's attack.
Atlético was coming off five straight wins in the Spanish league, including a 1-0 victory at home against Barcelona at the Metropolitano on Saturday.
A moment of silence was held before the match in honor of Diego Maradona, the former Argentina great who died earlier Wednesday. His image was shown at the big screen at the Metropolitano during the moment of silence. Simeone is among the many Argentines currently with Atlético.
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Atletico Madrid's Saul heads the ball during the Champions League group A soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Players keep a minute of silence as a picture of soccer legend Diego Maradona is seen on the screen of the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, prior to the Champions League group A soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow at Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Maradona died Wednesday at the age of 60. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Lokomotiv's Vedran Corluka, right, tries to stop Atletico Madrid's Joao Felix during the Champions League group A soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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A picture of soccer legend Diego Maradona is see on the screen of the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, prior to the Champions League group A soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow at Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Maradona died Wednesday at the age of 60. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Lokomotiv's goalkeeper Guilherme blocks the ball during the Champions League group A soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Atletico Madrid's head coach Diego Simone of Argentina keeps a minute of silence for soccer legend Diego Maradona also of ASrgentina who died Wednesday, at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, prior to the Champions League group A soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Maradona died Wednesday at the age of 60. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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Atletico Madrid's Saul, left, controls the ball in front of Lokomotiv's Vladislav Ignatyev, right, during the Champions League group A soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Lokomotiv Moscow at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
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