Nothing was missing in the big derby between Atlético and Barcelona on a rainy evening at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Neither the better games of one of the two teams, nor incredible misses, bravura defenses, posts, crossbars, but also scandalous decisions of the referee, numerous yellow cards, or a forgiven red...
There was also a touch of class from the Barça captain, Leo Messi, who, with the help of the great Luis Suarez, unlocked Jan Oblak's goal lock and returned his team to the top of La Liga.
Barca won 1:0, with Messi's goal in the 86th minute - the Argentine pulled off a counterattack, after a mistake by Lemat, played a double pass with Suarez and scored an indefensible shot from the top of the penalty area... More precisely, he punished the "colćoneros" for numerous, even unbelievable misses.
At the 8th minute, Atlético had a goal post, and with the assistance of Joao Felix, Hermoso hit Ter Stegen from three meters away, so that Barca started playing only from the 25th minute.
From then on, it was played in waves, and the better game and actions alternated like on a tape. The key moment was in the 66th minute when the referee overlooked Lengle's handball and instead of a penalty for Atlético, Barça had a chance on the counterattack, but Griezmann shot over the goal.
Morata was causing a stir in the Barca defence, but referee Mateo Laos forgave Pique with a second yellow and dismissal in the 69th minute for a foul on the Atletico forward.
Barça knew how to take advantage of that and reach 31 points, the same as Real, with a game less for both teams because El Clasico was moved to December 18.
Sevilla has 30 points and a game more, while Atlético has 25 points.
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