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La Liga leaders Barcelona visit Atletico Madrid After Real Madrid's defeat by Mallorca, Barca can go seven points clear with victory Atletico are fourth in La Liga, 16 points behind Barcelona Joe Rindl Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Metropolitano Stadium Atleti's Koke is still talking to the ref as they head down the tunnel. He is clearly very unhappy with Gonzalez's sending off. A first-half full of drama! HT: Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona This is a fantastic watch. Imagine what the Champions League tie between these two will be like. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Barcelona's wide free-kick is cleared, and there goes the half-time whistle. Wow, what drama. Two goals and a red card. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Metropolitano Stadium Confirmed. Atleti's González is sent off but no penalty given. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona VAR check is done. It's a straight red card, not a second yellow for Nico Gonzalez, so that's a three-match ban. It's also a free-kick, not a penalty. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Hang on, I think he's going to the screen to check a potential penalty. Lamine Yamal was brought down potentially right on the edge of the area and falls into the box. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Metropolitano Stadium The refs coming to the screen to have a look. .. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Hang on, VAR are checking this. It's definitely a foul and a yellow, but is Lamine Yamal offside when he makes his run? That might save Gonzalez. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Metropolitano Stadium Simeone is practically on the pitch. He cannot believe it. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Nico Gonzalez is off! Lamine Yamal races onto a ball over the top and gets to it before Gonzalez, right on the edge of the box, who wipes him out as he races past him. He's already on a yellow, gets a second, and has to go. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Barcelona are growing into this game. Oh hang on. .. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Three minutes added on. And Barca have a corner. It's cleared. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Fermin Lopez is booked. As is Nico González, Nahuel Molina and Koke who will now miss his next La Liga match. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Metropolitano Stadium It's all kicking off here with all the players in a scruffle. Hard to see exactly what's going on from where I'm sat but tensions are certainly very high. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Oh hang on, it' all kicking off. Dani Olmo is late on Giuliano Simeone in midfield and now some words are exchanged and both sets of players come together. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Metropolitano Stadium That's Rashford's fifth goal of the season for Barca. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona That's goal number 300 for Barcelona since Hansi Flick took charge. Just two minutes and 11 seconds between the two goals. Atletico Madrid 1-1 Barcelona Elizabeth Conway BBC Sport Spanish football reporter at Metropolitano Stadium Just when you thought Atleti were going into the tunnel 1-0 up at half-time. .. 'VAMOOSSSS' the Barcelona journalist sat next to me shouts! Marcus Rashford (42 mins) Instant response! This is fantastic from Manchester United loanee Marcus Rashford who receives the ball on the left, drives forward, plays a one-two with Dani Olmo to get into the box, and when he's one-on-one with the keeper, smashes one into the corner off his weaker peg. We're level again. Atletico Madrid 1-0 Barcelona Woah, Barcelona already make a change. Skipper Ronald Araujo is replaced by Marc Bernal. Eric Garcia is given the captain's armband. Barcelona have won six La Liga matches in a row Veteran striker Robert Lewandowski scored an 87th-minute winner for Barcelona against 10-man Atletico Madrid, sending his side seven points clear at the top of Spain's La Liga. In a bad-tempered match, Barca were heading for a frustrating draw against opponents who played the whole of the second half with 10 men following Nico Gonzalez's straight red card at the end of the first half. After Atletico defeated Barca over two legs in the Copa del Rey semi-final, this was the fourth meeting between the two rivals this season, with another two fixtures to follow inside the next two weeks in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. In an incident-filled encounter, the home side took the lead through a well-placed finish by Giuliano Simeone, the son of Atletico boss Diego, in the 39th minute. But their lead lasted just three minutes, with England forward Marcus Rashford scoring through the legs of goalkeeper Juan Musso before Gonzalez was shown a straight red for denying Lamine Yamal a goalscoring opportunity. Substitute Marc Bernal wasted a golden chance to put Barca ahead deep in first-half stoppage time before more controversy early in the second half. Barca's Gerard Martin was shown a red card for an ugly challenge on Thiago Almada. But, much to Atletico's anger, it was downgraded to a yellow after the referee was instructed to watch it again on the pitchside monitor. The visitors piled forward in search of a winner, Musso producing a fine save to deny former Manchester City forward Ferran Torres before Lewandowski, 37, scored the late winner. It came after Musso was unable to hold Joao Cancelo's attempt, the ball hitting Lewandowski on the shoulder and flying into the net. With eight games to go, Barcelona have 76 points while nearest rivals Real Madrid, who suffered a surprise defeat at struggling Mallorca earlier on Saturday, have 69. The top two sides are due to meet on 10 May in Barcelona. Atletico stay fourth on 57 points and will travel to face Barcelona on Wednesday in the Champions League quarter-final first leg (20: 00 BST kick-off). Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 4th April 2026 at 22: 02 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Diego Simeone Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Hansi Flick Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Diego Simeone Formation: 4 - 4 - 2 Manager: Hansi Flick Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Spanish La Liga All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.