ATLETICO MADRID have gone top of the table with their first LaLiga win over Barcelona under Diego Simeone.
Atleti hadn’t beaten Barca in the league since 2010 before this one but Yannick Carrasco’s strike proved decisive.
THAT’S ALL FOR TONIGHT
Atletico continue the charge for the title and Barcelona fall nine points behind, It looks like we’re in for an interesting season in Spain!
The weekend isn’t over just yet, plenty of football to come tomorrow and we’re covering it here at SunSport.
It’s back to the Premier League tomorrow, we’re covering Leeds vs Arsenal from 3pm and Liverpool vs Leicester City from 5.45pm!
Goodnight.
MYSTIC MEG
This tweet appears to predict a Ter Stegan disaster class, the tweet was posted around midday!
CARD SHARK
Yannick Carrasco’s journey has been interesting to say the least!
SLEEPING ON THE JOB
11 points from their opening eight LaLiga game……… slow start.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
Diego Simeone registers his first LaLiga win against Barcelona!
TABLE CHECK
Vital three points for Atletico, they leapfrog Villarreal who drew 1-1 with Real Madrid earlier on today.
They’re now level on points with league leaders Real Sociedad.
Things are going from bad to worse for Ronald Koeman and Barca, tonight’s loss puts them a massive NINE points off the top two teams.
FULL-TIME STATS
Atletico managed to get the three points over the line and they also managed to peg Barca back statistically.
In the end, Atletico had nine shots and two on target, compared to Barca’s 13 shots and four on target.
Atletico also saw 48 per cent of the ball in the second half, reclaiming 7 per cent off Barca’s first half percentage of 59 per cent.
Barca managed to successfully complete 613 passes to Atletico’s 521, but at the end of the night Atletico are the victors.
FT: ATLETICO 1-0 BARCELONA
Yannick Carrasco’s first half strike is the difference between the two sides and what a finish it was.
Barca pushed for an equaliser in the first half but the Great Wall of Oblak stood tall and firm.
Koeman’s men are now NINE points adrift of tonight’s opponents Atletico and it’s not looking good.
Barca look uninspiring at times….. a shadow of their former self.
It was another defensive masterclass from Simeone’s Atletico Madrid and dare I say – Title charge?
PEEEEEEEEEEP!
THAT’S FULL-TIME!
ATLETICO 1-0 BARCELONA
90+3. Messi breaks free on the halfway line and he looks to get Barca up the pitch searching for an equaliser.
He beats Saul for pace and as a consequence he’s pulled to the ground.
Messi needs to work some of his magic here.
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CHANCE!
90+2. Costa has the ball out wide on the left-hand side, he charges into the penalty area holding off the challenge of Braithwaite – he finds some room but loses his footing!
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90. Five additional minutes at the end of the first half.
Both sides are making a change, Barca’s is a forced change due to Roberto picking up an injury.
Felipe is also on replacing goal-scorer Carrasco.
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89. Braithwaite is picked out in space inside the Atletico penalty area, he fails to control the ball with his first touch and decides to flash the ball across the face of the six yard box with his second.
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BLOCK!
87. Savic gives the ball away on the edge of his own penalty area and Braithwaite looks to capitalise.
Braithwaite turns and gets a shot away, but Savic redeems himself and gets a good block in taking the sting off the ball.
Oblak gathers comfortably.
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84. Lemar picks up the ball inside the Barca half and he turns and plays a threaded through-ball to Costa.
Costa carries the ball into the Barca penalty area and towards the byline, he holds off De Jong and then knocks it off the Dutch midfielder to win his side a corner.
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83. Final roll of the dice by Koeman, he’s dragged off Griezmann and Pjanic for Trincao and Braithwaite.
Simeone is making some changes of his own, Felix and Correa are replaced by Kondogbia and Lemar.
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SAVE!
81. Messi ghosts inside and out of Hermoso, he cuts back onto his left foot and floats a cross into the penalty area.
Griezmann meets the cross unmarked but he can’t guide it past Oblak!
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80. The free-kick is finally allowed to be taken.
Messi strolls up to the ball and crashes his effort off the wall and behind for a corner.
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77. De Jong plays a first-time pass into Messi on the edge of the penalty area, Savic comes in hard on the Barca No10 and he’s won a free-kick in a dangerous position.
Savic is booked for dissent and his partner Gimenez is booked for mouthing off aswell.
Messi to take.
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76. Messi is strolling around the pitch, he’s not hungry to get on the ball and make things happen. Disappointing.
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74. Pjanic drops the shoulder and picks out an unmarked Messi on the edge of the Atletico penalty area.
Messi turns and shifts the ball onto his left foot, he pulls the trigger but his shot is blocked by Gimenez.
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72. Simeone is making a change, he’s taking off Marcos Llorente for Diego Costa.
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71. We’re into the final 20 minutes of the second half and Atletico are pushing for a second.
Trippier is released down the right-hand side once again, he hangs a cross up at the back post – Felix gets serious air-time to meet it but he’s an inch shy of meeting it.
PIQABOO
Gerard Pique leaves the pitch in tears after picking up an injury.
Credit: Getty Images
ATLETICO 1-0 BARCELONA
66. Dest leads the counter-charge, he then lays it off to Dembele in front of him.
Dembele turns and drives towards the Atletico penalty area, he cuts inside of Hermoso and plays the ball back to Pjanic.
Pjanic then lays it off the Coutinho who tries to get a shot off.
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