Ousmane Dembele's first-half strike proved vital as Barcelona held on to seal a 1-0 win against Atletico Madrid.
Match Report
Barcelona have moved three points clear at the top of La Liga thanks to a battling 1-0 win at Atletico Madrid.
La Blaugrana sealed a first league win at Atletico since 2019 as they showed resilience to edge out a crucial victory in the Spanish capital.
With both sides struggling to create chances in a tight opening in Madrid, Barcelona seized the initiative on 22 minutes.
Pedri slalomed his way into the hosts box and teed up Ousmane Dembele to fire home the opening goal.
Atletico did look to rally themselves before interval, with Antoine Griezmann denied, but they were meet by an organised Barcelona defence.
Barcelona carved out the better openings in the final stages, with Dembele’s close range effort clipping the post, as the game ended with a trademark scrappy finale in Madrid.
Stefan Savic and Ferran were dismissed for an off the ball tangle in added time before Ronald Araujo’s incredible goal line clearance denied Griezmann an equaliser.
Up next for Barcelona is a Spanish Supercopa clash with Real Betis in Riyadh on January 12 with Atletico away at Almeria next weekend.
Match Events
0' The match is about start!
5' Barrios' shot too straight
22' GOAL! Atletico 0-1 Barcelona (Dembele)
31' Llorente's shot wide out
36' Carrasco'sshot wide out
41' Great save!
54' Griezmann's show
56' Yellow Card! Ronald Araújo booked
61' CLOSE! Dembele’s shot wide out
68' Dembele’s shot wide out
76' Griezmann’s shot flies into the sky
82' Yellow Card! Christensen booked
87' Atleticos shot wide out
92' Red Card! Ferran Torres sent off
92' Red Card! Savic sent off
Line-ups
Atletico XI: Oblak, Savic, Griezmann, Koke, Carrasco, Gimenez, Reinildo Mandava, Llorente, Nahuel Molina, Felix, Pablo Barrios
Subs: Witsel, Morata, Saul , Kondogbia, Felipe, Lemar, De Paul, Ivo Grbic, Correa, Reguilon, Marco Moreno, Antonio Gomis
Barcelona XI: Busquets, Ter Stegen, Christensen, Dembele, De Jong, Kounde, Ronald Araújo, Fati, Pedri, Álex Baldé, Gavi
Subs: Roberto, Alonso, Depay, Bellerin, Kessie, Pena, Ferran Torres, Raphinha, Eric Garcia, Arnau Tenas, Pablo Torre
N0_N0NsENSE
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Atletico Madrid lost but the pain is being felt on the other side of Madrid. 💙❤️
Jimmyswaggar
445
Barcelona defeated two Madrids in one night
RaisAhmed
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emmyj66
314
welcome back future captain
kateperry1
294
look at real Madrid fan after the match 👇
satla
262
I am real Madrid fan but this guy play well I think he should be the man of the match
dreaze_nuel
255
He is back and up to the task
Don Zayo
213
He's a player I admire very much. I don't like Gavi but I don't joke with Pedri as a Madrid fan as well as football fan
Amgnonijunior
205
Atletico Madrid lose but the pain goes to Real Madrid fans
Mohkudan
200
So Ferran came on, did nothing and then fought Stefan Savic to get red carded.......end of story 😂😂
Jagaaa
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The king is back💯💯
Messisuuuui
137
Me after Tores red card nowin he won't play next mache
Amgnonijunior
117
He played so well today 👏 probably he's the MOTM
Doxmang
107
Barcelona have conceded the least amount of goals in all of Europe's top 5 leagues (6) 😳This man deserve praise for saving Barca many times this season,one of the best keepers now.
Messisuuuui
98
Felix was down bad
Strangerthings
92
Barca fans, we sleep at the top of the table today, 3 points clear🔝💙❤️. And to the Madrid fans and other that wanted us to drop points , well that didn’t happen. I hope you at least enjoyed the game, see you next time. Forca Barca 💙❤️🔝
Mohkudan
87
Pedri actually took on 4-5 players busted through the defence and laid the ball to Gavi and to Dembele to score the goal but idiots on this app will still say he's overrated 😂😂 well I don't see any young midfielder playing better at the moment
Doxmang
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Pep Guardiola: “I’s say to Todd Boehly, give Graham Potter time. Give him time. All the managers need time and he is right”. 🔵 “At Barcelona, I didn't need time for two seasons because I had KING 👑 🐐 Messi”.
symas
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kessie is a complete waste
deduce
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I find GIF on this amazing website. Click here: https://bit.ly/3iq04eK
Kinginbojan
19
kessie is a complete waste
Very very lazy… he cant run, tackle or mark he need some Ronaldo.. oh sorry i meant bench!
Messisuuuui
19
Atletico Madrid lost but the pain is being felt on the other side of Madrid. 💙❤️
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Every time we win, we talk about madrid lets just celebrate man
Strangerthings
15
Not our best game but then again, not the easiest of opponents. There would always be games like this where we would be forced into defense and pressed high, Real Madrid faced their with Villarreal , we faced out with atletico, the only difference is we won ours, managing to win games like these ones is how you win the league. Vamoooooooooosssssssss💙❤️🔝
dobeilrsyz
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I am real Madrid fan but this guy play well I think he should be the man of the match
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No, Gavi deserves it. Full energy till he left. In attack, midfield and defence. Pedro was sloppy and lost passes and possession today. Araujo, Gavi and dembele were on fire. Others contributed but these were outstanding
moh-nabeel11
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we so lucky to have dis guy for free
YashKondekar
12
Mohkudan
11
This guy is very underrated 😍😍
Doxmang
10
Pep Guardiola: “Any coach needs time… In Barcelona I didn't need much time because I had Messi.”
Yungswag20
10
Don’t tell me we don’t relay on this player well done Dembele 3 points is need it
Doxmang
10
That was Barcelona's first goal at the Metropolitano Stadium since Messi scored in 2019 😳Nice one Dembele ⚽
Yungswag20
9
Some Madrid fan have diagnose with heart attack after this save from brick wall Ronald Araujo thank u for saving World pollution
Mohkudan
9
Camavinga is better than Gavi: Tell me another joke[Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
PatrickBarca
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This is How Kessie Help Barcelona Today 😂😂😂😂
padpio
8
THIS GUY TRULY PLAYS FOR THE BADGE WITH ALL HIS HEART ❤️💙❤️💙
bolton654
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Barca signed a wrestler as a player