Lewandowski scores late winner as Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid to move seven points clear | OneFootball

Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 in La Liga at the Metropolitano stadium on Saturday evening.

The result moves Barcelona seven points clear at the top of the table after Real Madrid lost 2-1 at Real Mallorca earlier in the day.

Fermin Lopez should have opened the scoring in the 14th minute after being played through by Lamine Yamal’s brilliant pass, but he could not hit the target.

Atletico opened the scoring through Giuliano Simeone in the 39th minute. The Argentine latched onto Clement Lenglet’s pass, before slotting past Joan Garcia.

Barcelona responded immediately, with Marcus Rashford combining with Dani Olmo before squeezing the ball through Juan Musso’s legs.

Atletico were reduced to 10 men before halftime as Nicolas Gonzalez was sent off after receiving a second yellow card.

Shortly after the restart, Gerard Martin was sent off after a challenge on Thiago Almada. However, the red card was rescinded after a VAR check.

There was no either chance at either end untill the hour mark when Yamal skipped past some challenges, but could not steer his effort on target.

Atletico had Musso to thank as the Argentine goalkeeper denied Ferran Torres twice in quick succession to prevent Barcelona from taking the lead.

However, Russo could not deny Robert Lewandowski the winner two minutes from time, with the ball deflecting off the Polish striker and into the net.