It seems the Barcelona haven't won La Liga tonight. But basically they have.
lately, Luis Suarez gets the ball 25 yards out, nobody is really expecting him to take an early shot but he does. It's glorious and curls beyond Jan Oblak, hitting the inside of the post on the way in.
Lionel Messi runs from near the halfway line and gets into the box. Jose Gimenez tackles him but can't keep the ball, Messi gets it back and Diego Godin backs off, enabling the Argentine to place the ball in the bottom corner of the net.
Messi has scored in eight consecutive La Liga home matches, his best run since 12 between December 2016 and May 2017.
He has now scored 29 goals against Atletico. He's only bagged more against Sevilla (36).
Suarez celebrated his goal as if they had won the league, and he is got booked for taking his shirt off to celebrate his goal - so he's banned for their next La Liga game.
Atletico actually played really well for large parts of that game, but did Diego Costa's red card cost them? Maybe.
Did coming up against absolute winners like Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi cost them? Definitely.
Barcelona are unbeaten in 18 La Liga matches against Atletico Madrid (W13 D5).
They have only had a worse run against a team once before, going 23 games without beating Real Madrid between 2000 and 2013.
Lionel Messi is the top scorer in La Liga with 33 goals - one every 72 minutes. He's surely going to win his third Golden Boot in a row. Luis Suarez is second on 20.
Messi is only one off his total from last season.
Not sure he'll catch his 2011-12 total of 50. FIFTY goals in a league season. He got 46 the next year. Cristiano Ronaldo managed 48 in 2014-15.
We'll never see figures like that again.
BBC
Messi has scored in eight consecutive La Liga home matches, his best run since 12 between December 2016 and May 2017.
He has now scored 29 goals against Atletico. He's only bagged more against Sevilla (36).
Suarez celebrated his goal as if they had won the league, and he is got booked for taking his shirt off to celebrate his goal - so he's banned for their next La Liga game.
Atletico actually played really well for large parts of that game, but did Diego Costa's red card cost them? Maybe.
Did coming up against absolute winners like Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi cost them? Definitely.
Barcelona are unbeaten in 18 La Liga matches against Atletico Madrid (W13 D5).
They have only had a worse run against a team once before, going 23 games without beating Real Madrid between 2000 and 2013.
Lionel Messi is the top scorer in La Liga with 33 goals - one every 72 minutes. He's surely going to win his third Golden Boot in a row. Luis Suarez is second on 20.
Messi is only one off his total from last season.
Not sure he'll catch his 2011-12 total of 50. FIFTY goals in a league season. He got 46 the next year. Cristiano Ronaldo managed 48 in 2014-15.
We'll never see figures like that again.
BBC
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