ateltico madrid fell seven points behind la liga leaders barcelona on sunday as diego simeone's reigning spanish league champions were held to a 1 1 draw at home to valencia koke drilled atletico into the lead in the 33rd minute with a fierce low strike from the edge of the area but valencia defender shkodran mustafi headed in a cross that goalkeeper miguel moya misjudged  in the 78th to deny simeone's side a sixth straight home league win koke's fierce low strike was too much for valencia goalkeeper diego alves to save  koke leads the celebrations after putting atletico into a first half lead  koke is mobbed by his team mates after his goal had put atletico ahead against rivals valencia  shkodran mustafi (second right) headed in valencia's equaliser in the 78th minute  mustafi celebrates his header with rodrigo moreno in the draw at the vicente calderon  mustafi's goal meant spanish champions atletico are seven points adrift of leaders barcelona  the visitors had javi fuego sent off for a second bookable offence in the final moments but held on for the draw valencia remain a point behind ateltico in fourth place simeone elected to begin with mario mandzukic on the bench, starting with fernando torres in the absence of star striker antoine griezmann torres provided the assist for koke's opener, heading down a free kick from thiago mendes for the midfielder to pounce upon atletico manager diego simeone gesticulates to his team during the draw at home to valencia  fernando torres controls the ball and holds off valencia's argentina defender nicolas otamendi  atletico midfielder gabi (left) vies for the ball with valencia defender jose gaya during the match  torres was replaced by mandzukic on the hour mark and ten minutes later, thiago hit the crossbar form close range when he should have doubled atletico's lead it was a costly miss as mustafi levelled on 78 after a free kick hit the crossbar barcelona replaced real madrid at the top of la liga with a 6 1 win over rayo vallecano earlier on sunday
koke atletico madrid valencia shkodran mustafi's atletico barcelona la liga
koke lashed in for atletico madrid after 33 minutes on the edge of the area . valencia equalised in the 78th through shkodran mustafi's header . atletico are now seven points behind leaders barcelona in la liga 