La Liga: Barcelona scores late in comeback win over Atletico Madrid

Ferran Torres of FC Barcelona, proper, celebrates scoring his group’s fourth objective with teammate Gavi in the course of the La Liga match in opposition to Atletico de Madrid on March 16, 2025 in Madrid, Spain.
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Atletico Madrid relinquished a two-goal lead in its 4-2 loss to Barcelona within the Spanish league in one other setback for the membership after it was eradicated by Actual Madrid within the Champions League.

Enjoying on the Metropolitano stadium 4 days after it misplaced to Madrid in a penalty shootout, Atletico led Barcelona 2-0 at halftime on Sunday (March 16, 2025) however conceded a pair of stoppage-time targets to waste an opportunity to overhaul the Catalan membership for second place and transfer inside some extent of league chief Madrid.

“It was a bizarre recreation, we did properly within the first half and had the sport underneath management after scoring twice,” Atletico participant Marcos Llorente mentioned.

“I do suppose that the 120 minutes that we needed to play within the Champions League made a distinction, there was a letdown ultimately.”

The defeat left Atletico 4 factors behind its two rivals within the league, with Barcelona having a recreation in hand. Madrid gained 2-1 at Villarreal on Saturday.

Lamine Yamal scored two minutes into stoppage time and Ferran Torres six minutes later to offer Barcelona the gritty come-from-behind victory.

“It is a assertion win for us, permitting us to regain the lead with a recreation in hand,” Yamal mentioned.

Julián Álvarez had put Atletico forward after a breakaway simply earlier than halftime. It had been an uncommon double contact by Álvarez within the penalty shootout in opposition to Madrid that led to Atletico’s elimination from the Champions League on Wednesday.

Atletico added to the lead with a objective by substitute Alexander Sorloth from inside the world within the seventieth. Robert Lewandowski, the league’s main scorer, gave Barcelona hope by discovering the web within the 72nd, and Torres equalized with a header after a cross by Raphinha within the 78th.

“Now we have to congratulate them,” Atletico coach Diego Simeone mentioned.

“There was a little bit of luck, which it’s essential to have generally. We had a couple of probabilities in counterattacks however did not make the most of them. Barcelona is a superb group.”

Atletico beat Barcelona 2-1 when the groups met in Barcelona of their first Spanish league match of the season in December. They drew 4-4 in a first-leg match within the semifinals of the Copa del Rey final month. The second leg is in April.

Athletic set for Champions League place

Athletic Bilbao solidified its fourth place with a 1-0 win at Sevilla.

Yeray Álvarez scored with a header within the 84th to offer Athletic the away victory and an eight-point hole to fifth-placed Villarreal, which has a recreation in hand.

It was Athletic’s second win in a row after three straight matches and not using a victory throughout all tournaments. It got here off a 3-1 win over Roma to succeed in the quarterfinals of the Europa League.

Actual Betis rallies

Sixth-placed Actual Betis rallied from two targets down at halftime to win 3-2 at relegation-threatened Leganes, with Cucho Hernández scoring the winner within the 82nd.

The hosts had taken the lead with Dani Raba scoring within the twenty ninth and forty fourth earlier than Betis equalised by means of Isco within the sixty fourth and Cédric Bakambu within the 78th.

It was the third straight victory for Betis in all competitions, and the second loss in a row for 18th-placed Leganes.

Additionally Sunday, ninth-placed Rayo Vallecano drew 2-2 at house with Twelfth-placed Actual Sociedad, which is winless in six consecutive video games in all competitions. Rayo is winless in 5 straight league matches.