;Lionel Messi's late wonder goal earned Barcelona a 2-1 victory against Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon as the Catalan giant put its away woes behind it to close the gap at the top of La Liga to 10 points.
Dani Alves scored the opening goal of the game in the 36th minute as the visitors looked good value for the lead at halftime, yet Radamel Falcao grabbed a leveler four minutes after the restart.
Messi came to the rescue in the 81st minute with a stunning free kick to give Barca all three points against its unfortunate opponent, which competed well throughout.
Barcelona looked lively in the opening stages and thought it had opened the scoring in the eighth minute, only for the effort to be disallowed. FC Barcelona escaped from the Vicente Calderon with all three points and a 2-1 victory courtesy of Lionel Messi’s wondergoal, but that victory did come at a price as both Sergio Busquets and
Leo Messi picked up their fifth yellow cards, ruling them out of next week’s match with Sporting Gijon. The match itself was a scrappy, hard-fought affair rather than the end-to-end excitement we have grown accustomed to from Atletico-Barca encounters, but it was intriguing nonetheless. Dani Alves scored the opener not long
after the half-hour mark to give Barcelona the lead heading into half-time, although Falcao equalised mere minutes into the second half. The game looked destined to end a draw until Lionel Messi caught everyone off guard with a spectacular free-kick with 10 minutes left to play to keep the Blaugrana in the title race.
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