from behind to beat the nine men of Atletico Madrid 2-1 and
strengthen their position at the top of the Primera Division
table.
The visitors started strongly and took the lead through Koke
within the first 10 minutes but Lionel Messi equalised on the
half-hour mark by finishing off a sumptuous team move.
Luis Suarez then picked up on a long pass from Dani Alves
just eight minutes later, expertly holding up the ball before
finishing cleverly through the legs of goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
From there, it got worse for Atleti as Filipe Luis was shown
a straight red card for a dreadful tackle on Messi before half-
time even arrived and, though Antoine Griezmann was
inexplicably denied a goal by Claudio Bravo just after the
break, Diego Godin picked up a second yellow midway
through the half for an irresponsible challenge on Suarez.
With Atletico thoroughly defanged, Barca probed in search
of further goals but were made to settle for what looks like a
significant victory in the Spanish title race.
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