Barcelona defeats Atletico Madrid with a late goal

After being ousted by Real Madrid in the Champions League, Atletico Madrid suffered yet another defeat as they lost 4-2 to Barcelona in the Spanish league, giving up a two-goal lead. Four days after losing to Madrid in a penalty shootout, Atletico led Barcelona 2-0 at halftime but gave up two goals in stoppage time to blow a chance to pass the Catalan team for second place and close the gap on league leader Madrid to one point. The match took place at the Metropolitano stadium.

With Barcelona still having a game to play, the loss put Atletico four points behind its two major rivals. On Saturday, Madrid defeated Villarreal 2-1. Barcelona won the hard-fought comeback with goals from Ferran Torres six minutes later and Lamine Yamal two minutes into stoppage time.