How Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 4–2 regardless of trailing 2-0 at one stage

Barcelona’s Ferran Torres scored twice to assist safe a late 4-2 comeback win at Atletico Madrid in a pulsating La Liga conflict on Sunday that took the Catalans again to the highest of the desk. Barca have 60 factors and a recreation in hand after final week’s postponement of their house recreation with Osasuna. They’re degree on factors with Actual Madrid, who gained 2-1 at Villarreal on Saturday.

“I’m completely satisfied and pleased with this workforce,” Barcelona coach Hansi Flick instructed a press convention. “They by no means quit… It’s an awesome three factors and we’re completely satisfied to be prime.”

Atletico stay third on 56 factors from 28 video games.

The hosts took the lead on the stroke of halftime via Julian Alvarez after Antoine Griezmann broke shortly and located Giuliano Simeone, who curled a exact move for the Argentine to attain his eleventh league aim of the season.

Diego Simeone’s facet doubled their lead within the seventieth minute via substitute Alexander Sorloth’s good close-range end after he was arrange by Conor Gallagher.

Torres conjures up Barca comeback vs Atleti

Nevertheless, Barcelona responded virtually instantly when Robert Lewandowski latched on to Inigo Martinez’s cross to take the Poland striker’s tally to a league-leading 22 objectives this season.

The guests equalised within the 78th minute when Torres headed house a pleasant ball into the field from substitute Raphinha.

Lamine Yamal added a 3rd in stoppage time when his long-range strike discovered the again of Jan Oblak’s web, earlier than Torres put the icing on the cake along with his second of the evening.

“It was essential to get the three factors in the present day,” stated Yamal. “On the finish of the anger, of the impotence of seeing that we weren’t snug, we confirmed our greatest facet, we gave the perfect we had.

“It was clear to me that if I scored it might be in necessary video games. For the reason that ball was on the opposite facet of the pitch I might see Gallagher was shifting away from me and as quickly because it got here to me I noticed the chance and I noticed the shot.”

The groups will meet once more within the Copa del Rey semi-finals after the primary leg led to an exhilarating 4-4 draw, with the return happening on the Metropolitano on April 2.