América left Guadalajara with three points and the top of Liga MX still in its hands after beating Atlas 5-2 in Matchday 10. The result was decisive even with late pressure from Atlas, because América did enough early and in the middle of the match to keep control of the standings.
That is why this result matters now: the standings search is really about whether América held first place after the trip to Jalisco, and it did. A great match took place in Guadalajara, with both teams pushing forward, and América’s 2-5 victory kept it as the competition leader after the final whistle.
The scoreline tells the story of a match that opened up quickly and never fully closed. Atlas got on the board through Luis Esteves from the penalty spot, then Ryan Mmaee added its second goal in the 78th minute, but by then América had already built a lead that Atlas could not erase. Alejandro Zendejas scored América’s fourth goal in the 63rd minute, and Kevin Álvarez added the fifth in the 79th minute, sealing the margin before the referee’s seven minutes of stoppage time ran out.
América’s extra goal mattered because it turned a tense late stage into a finished result instead of a scramble. Atlas scored twice late and made the final minutes look uneasy, but América still pulled away and secured the win that carried three points and left no doubt about the table at the end of Matchday 10.
The question now is not whether América stayed first; it did. The real issue is how long it can keep that position after a road win that showed both its scoring power and the space it still left for Atlas to test it late.
