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Barcelona fought from two goals until the Atletico Madrid 4-2 defeat and support an important blow in the match of the title of Laliga Sunday.
Lamine Yamal hit the 92nd minute and Ferran Torres at the 98th to help bring the Catalans to Laliga’s table after Real Madrid beat Villarreal on Saturday to briefly claim the pole position.
Barcelona has a game in the hands of the champions with both sides at 60 points, while Atletico scores the first two by four after having crumbled at home against Hansi Flick’s team to finish a disastrous week after the elimination of the Champions League.
After being caught twice late from Atletico this season, this time it was the turn of Barcelona to provide the puncture in the tail, extending their series unbeaten to 18 games in all competitions.
Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth brought Atletico before Robert Lewandowski and Torres had returned to Barcelona, who continued to win in time of detention.
Yamal said after the game: “I think that after anger, the feeling of helplessness, not being comfortable in the game, we put our best foot and we have given the best we have.
“It was a very important game to win in the end, beating athletic was a victory victory, we put back as a leader who played one game less and we are very happy.”
Flick had warned his players to stay concentrated after granting a goal in the 96th minute in December to surrender to the command at the top of the athletic table in a 2-1 home defeat.
Barcelona also gave two late goals in the Rey’s Copa semifinal to draw 4-4 against Diego Simeone’s team in February.
The best chance of Barcelona of the first half came towards the end, when Pedri played Lewandowski, who hit the top of the crossbar with a powerful disc. From the resulting objective kick, Atletico found the open.
The hosts worked the ball with Antoine Griezmann, who slipped a brilliant passage through the area to Giuliano Simeone, with Alvarez who finished from his cut.
He provided a moment of joy for the former Manchester City striker who tried a deep frustration in the mid -week when his penalty against Real Madrid was controversial vocal for an alleged double touch on the ball, since Atletico was eliminated in the Champions League last 16.
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