Match ends, Atlético de Madrid 0, Barcelona 1.
Atl MadridAtlético Madrid0BarcelonaBarcelona1
Lionel Messi scored a sublime late winner as champions Barcelona defeated Atletico Madrid to return to the top of La Liga.
Messi curled sweetly into the corner of Jan Oblak's goal from the edge of the penalty box with four minutes remaining for his 11th goal in 10 games.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen had earlier made two magnificent saves to deny Mario Hermoso and Alvaro Morata for Atletico.
Barcelona climb from third to move above Real Madrid on goal difference.
Zinedine Zidane's Real defeated Alaves 2-1 to go top on Saturday, while Sevilla - just one point further back - beat Leganes 1-0 to temporarily take second earlier on Sunday.
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It had appeared the visitors would be made to settle for a point at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid after centre-back Gerard Pique's header had hit the crossbar and Oblak prevented Ivan Rakitic from finding the breakthrough.
Atletico missed several chances to take the lead themselves, but German international Ter Stegen's incredible reaction saves - first from Hermoso's close-range shot and then Morata's header - kept Diego Simeone's side out.
Messi's late winner from a perfect Luis Suarez perfect lay-off means Atletico have failed to win any of their last 19 league matches against Barcelona, a run stretching back to February 2010.
And while defeat was perhaps harsh on Simeone's side, the 2013-14 champions find themselves six points adrift of the leaders in the Spanish top flight.
Line-ups
Atl Madrid
Formation 4-4-2
- 13Oblak
- 23Trippier
- 18FelipeBooked at 73mins
- 22Hermoso
- 8Saúl
- 10CorreaBooked at 21minsSubstituted forLemarat 73'minutes
- 16HerreraSubstituted forLodi dos Santosat 87'minutes
- 5ParteyBooked at 8mins
- 6Koke
- 9Morata
- 7SequeiraSubstituted forMachín Pérezat 66'minutesBooked at 69mins
Substitutes
- 1Adán
- 4Arias
- 11Lemar
- 12Lodi dos Santos
- 14Llorente
- 17Saponjic
- 20Machín Pérez
Barcelona
Formation 4-3-3
- 1ter Stegen
- 20Roberto
- 3PiquéBooked at 32minsSubstituted forUmtitiat 83'minutes
- 15LengletBooked at 65mins
- 24FirpoBooked at 18mins
- 21de Jong
- 4RakiticBooked at 51mins
- 8ArthurSubstituted forVidalat 73'minutes
- 10Messi
- 9Suárez
- 17Griezmann
Substitutes
- 13Murara Neto
- 16Wague
- 19Aleñá
- 22Vidal
- 23Umtiti
- 27Pérez
- 31Fati
- Referee:
- Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz
- Attendance:
- 64,198
Match Stats
Home TeamAtl MadridAway TeamBarcelona
- Possession
- Home34%
- Away66%
- Shots
- Home17
- Away13
- Shots on Target
- Home2
- Away5
- Corners
- Home9
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away11
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Second Half ends, Atlético de Madrid 0, Barcelona 1.
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Foul by Lionel Messi (Barcelona).
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Vitolo (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Attempt blocked. Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt blocked. Koke (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Offside, Barcelona. Marc-André ter Stegen tries a through ball, but Lionel Messi is caught offside.
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Clément Lenglet (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Vitolo (Atlético de Madrid).
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Corner, Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Arturo Vidal.
Substitution
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Renan Lodi replaces Héctor Herrera.
Goal!
Goal! Atlético de Madrid 0, Barcelona 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
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Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Saúl Ñíguez.
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Offside, Atlético de Madrid. Vitolo tries a through ball, but Saúl Ñíguez is caught offside.
Substitution
Substitution, Barcelona. Samuel Umtiti replaces Gerard Piqué because of an injury.
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Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Vitolo (Atlético de Madrid).
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Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Kieran Trippier.
Substitution
Substitution, Barcelona. Arturo Vidal replaces Arthur.
Substitution
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Thomas Lemar replaces Ángel Correa.
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The reason being that he is the best player.
Ballon d’ or shouldn’t been given to the best player of the team that wins titles etc but to the best player that plays the game and that’s Messi.
AM marshalled him all game and didn't give him an inch. Then for the 1st time in the 85th minute he had a pocket of space and straight away I said this is gonna be a goal.
What does he do? He's direct, dribbles past a player, plays a beautiful 1-2 with Suarez and curls into the corner from 20 yards.
He makes the sublime the routine.
Training, refereeing, fitness requirements all change too much for that.
But i can say without a doubt he's the most exciting player ive ever seen and is by far and away the best player of his generation. The other bloke doesn't come close.
Messi: Goals v FIFA top 50 ranked countries = 57
Ronaldo: Goals v FIFA top 50 ranked countries = 29
Look it up.
Messi: Most international goals are v Brazil.
Ronaldo: Most international goals are v Lithuania.
Messi is peerless.
But Messi scores another pearler in open play and Penaldo scores another spot kick. . . .
Messi: Goals v FIFA top 50 ranked countries = 57 (82% of his 70)
Ronaldo: Goals v FIFA top 50 ranked countries = 28 (28% of his 99)
Penaldo left RM because he was upstaged by Messi. RM won 2 La Liga titles in his 9 seasons. That's why he went to Juventus.
When you break it down it's all smoke and mirrors.
Thats why he made the assist for Messi.
They are like brothers and brothers are always happy with each others😉👍.
So they'll win something.....
Your English is appalling.