Koke capitalised on a strong start for Diego
Simeone's men but it soon fell apart as the Barca
duo struck for the lead and both Filipe Luis and
Diego Godin were sent off
Barcelona took a large stride towards the title as they
came 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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