Barcelona produced a dominant display as they secured an emphatic 4-2 victory over Atletico Madrid at the Nou Camp on Saturday afternoon to go fourth in LaLiga.
2021/2022 La Liga
4-2
Match Report
The visitors took an early lead through Belgium international Yannick Carrasco inside eight minutes.
Atletico were ahead for just two minutes, though, as Jordi Alba fired a thunderous volley leaving Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak with no chance inside 10 minutes.
Gavi then put the hosts ahead with a thumping header, following a cross by new signing Adama Traore who was making his debut.
Ronaldo Araujo added another, beating Oblak from close range to make it 3-1, as Dani Alves made sure of the points smashing the ball past the Slovenian shot-stopper inside 49 minutes as the Catalan giants ran riot.
Atletico put up a fight, however, and former Barca boy Luis Suarez got on the scoresheet adding a consolation on 58 minutes, but it wasn't enough to mount a comeback.
It was quite the afternoon for Barca's Alves who produced an assist, goal, and was sent off with 20 minutes to go for a stamp on the back of Carrasco's leg after VAR intervened deeming the challenge serious foul play, but Barca managed to hang on to secure all three points.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
5' CLOSE! Ferran Torres’s shot wide out
7' GOAL! Barcelona 0-1 Atletico (Carrasco)
9' GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Atletico (Alba)
18' CLOSE! Felix’s shot wide out
20' GOAL! Barcelona 2-1 Atletico (Gavi)
23' CLOSE! Felix’s shot too straight
35' CLOSE! Savic’s shot wide out
42' GOAL! Barcelona 3-1 Atletico (Ronald Araujo)
48' GOAL! Barcelona 4-1 Atletico (Alves)
57' GOAL! Barcelona 4-2 Atletico (Suarez)
60' Aubameyang makes Barcelona debut
68' Red Card! Alves sent off
Line-ups
Barcelona XI: D.Alves, Pique, Alba, Busquets, Ter Stegen, Traore, De Jong, Ferran Torres, Ronald Araujo, Pedri, Gavi
Subs: Aubameyang, Luuk de Jong, Neto, Braithwaite, Dembele, Dest, Arnau Tenas, Riqui Puig, Óscar Mingueza, Ferran Jutglà, Nico González, Ez Abde
Atletico XI: Suarez, Vrsaljko, Oblak, Savic, Koke, Carrasco, Lemar, De Paul, Gimenez, Hermoso, Felix
Subs: Wass, Herrera, B. Lecomte, Felipe, Correa, Reinildo, Lodi, Matheus Cunha