Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Spanish Liga clash between Las Palmas and Real Madrid. We'll bring you all the action as it happens. Kick off is at 5.30pm.

There is some whistling from the home fans as Atletico Madrid pass the ball around with ease. Las Palmas haven't even started this match yet. They are being dominated in every way.

As I have already mentioned, Atletico Madrid face Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday, so when will Simeone start wrapping some of his players in cotton wool?

Atletico Madrid are in behind the Las Palmas defensive line again, but this time Gameiro is flagged for offside. Replays show the Frenchman was indeed a yard beyond the last man.

There are signs of a real understanding starting to develop between Griezmann and Gameiro at the head of the Atletico Madrid attack. They have been exceptional early on.

So this game is already over and that's exactly what Simeone would have wanted. He wanted his Atletico Madrid to come flying out the blocks. They are flying, that's for sure.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Las Palmas 0 Atletico Madrid 3 (19 mins - Kevin Gameiro). This is turning into a mauling! Gameiro was played in behind the Las Palmas defence, looked to have overrun it, but sent a finish into the back of the net on the slide.

Apologies for the break in bringing you updates from this game. Some technical problems on our end of things, but we'll do our best to work through them.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Las Palmas 0 Atletico Madrid 2 (17 mins - Saul Niguez). There's the second goal, with Saul out-leaping his marker to get on the end of a corner kick delivery, finding the net with an exceptional head. Atletico are two goals to the good.

Atletico Madrid come into this game on the back of a surprise 1-0 home defeat to Villarreal on Tuesday night. The capital club have a fight on their hands to finish third in La Liga.

It's noticable that Atletico Madrid are pressing hard here at the start of the match. They want to win this game as quickly as possible. They want to rest up ahead of next week.

GRIEZMANN SHOOTS! The Atletico Madrid striker takes aim from the edge of the box, with his effort picking up a deflection, but Varas makes the stop to deny the Frenchman.

That was a high foot from Boateng on Lucas and the Las Palmas attacker goes into the book.

It's somewhat surprising that with that game against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Simeone has selected such a strong team. This is a full strength side he's put out.

Of course, Atletico Madrid are preparing for next week's Champions League semi-final first leg against Real Madrid on Tuesday night. They'll want to get this game done quickly.

That's exactly what Simeone would have wanted from his players. They have started this match well on top and now have a goal to defend. This could be a long afternoon for Las Palmas.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Las Palmas 0 Atletico Madrid 1 (2 mins - Kevin Gameiro). Well, that didn't take long! Atletico Madrid have taken the lead after just a couple of minutes, with Gameiro connecting with a Filipe cross in behind the Las Palmas defence, finding the top corner.

The match is under way! It's Las Palmas against Atletico Madrid in La Liga.