Three of Atletico Madrid's last four victories have had Luis Suarez right at the heart of them, the most recent of them being the 2-1 win at Eibar where the Uruguayan scored the equaliser, won a penalty and then converted from the spot to take all three points back to the capital.
Diego Simeone needed a finisher and he has one, with Suarez now joint-top scorer in LaLiga Santander with 11 goals.
His Atleti side are seven points clear of Real Madrid with a game in hand and 10 ahead of Barcelona, also with a game in hand.
It was Barcelona who gifted Suarez to Los Rojiblancos last summer, after it was decided that the No.9 wouldn't play for the Catalan club any longer.
Simeone explained to Suarez that he would have a starring role at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano and Atletico made space for the striker, at which point Barcelona decided that they wouldn't pay off Suarez's contract only for him to land with a direct rival.
Despite that realisation, though, Suarez was then allowed to join Atletico for a modest transfer fee. The capital city side will have to pay six million euros - 3m euros per season over 2020/21 and 2021/22 - if they reach the Champions League quarter-finals.
This was Josep Maria Bartomeu's way of trying to convince Barcelona fans that Suarez wasn't being given away to a rival for nothing.
Yet Barcelona were to pay 6m euros of the 14m euros net that Suarez had agreed for this campaign.
Atletico now have a goalscorer, while Barcelona don't have a natural centre-forward who can consistently produce the goods like Suarez has been doing.
They're relying on Lionel Messi once again, with the Argentine incredulous at the way Suarez was allowed to wear red and white.
"It seems crazy to me what they did with Suarez," he said in his interview with Jordi Evole.
"He went for free and they paid the years of his contract, giving him to a team who'll fight for titles against us."
Many Barcelona fans are thinking the same thing.
excuser
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I Always said it that Barcelona has made a big mistake by letting a talented player like Suarez to leave the club.
Irhamnazeer
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for me he's the best striker in barca history......
JohnWick7
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Official:- Barcelona is the First team in Spain to Practice "Giveaway" to their Title Rivals 😏
RaiyanHasib
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In return Atlético Madrid gave Barça this beautiful lady 😉
Austin1000
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This is why I love Barcelona 😂they always make other teams better than themselves by giving those teams their most important PLAYERS😂VISCA BARCA😂💔
ishti
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Find a friend like Barcelona. When you are down and out, he will help you with his immaturity.
Mangisha
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There is no point crying of spoilt milk. It's good that he is doing well for Atletico and it would be great if Atletico won the league, it's good for the competition of the league. Why shd all the best players of the league be at Barca or Real Madrid? Any real Barca fan shd have no regrets over Suarez, especially bcos the majority of these fans wanted Suarez out of Barca bcos of the simple misses he used to make. And now that he is gone, they now wish he was still at Barca , hypocrites. Let Suarez be. Let him do well at Atletico, and if Atletico can , let them win La Liga. and @autty,stop this "Barca regret, should not have blablabla". Some of us were already against him leaving, we bettered he remained and play as a substitute which he accepted he would do as he wanted to be closer to Messi, but Barca and Koeman just wanted to see him gone. But we have moved on, it happens. Nothing in life stays the same.
MuzteeyCity
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ATM gave barça griezmann.... that's daylight robbery Barça think they can take revenge by giving out Suarez too..,but ended up potentially losing the trophy to them. Looking at this, Atletico Madrid have won 2-0 in this business.