FC Barcelona defeated 9-men Atletico Madrid side 2-1 in Camp Nou on Saturday, as the Catalan side go top of the La Liga table with a game in hand.
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Atletico Madrid started the game very lively as Koke gave an early lead to the visitors in the 10th minute. But Barcelona recovered from the sluggish start as Lionel Messi equalised in the 30th minute & Luis Suarez put the hosts one goal to the good just eight minutes later. But the Madrid side was reduced to 10-men just before half time as Filipe Luis was sent-off after a reckless challenge on Lionel Messi.
The second half lacked quality as it saw another Atletico Madrid player sent off in the 65th minute after a late challenge by Diego Godin on his national teammate Luis Suarez.
Here is how the football world reacted on twitter:-
94,990 spectators – record for the season in the game against Atlético Madrid https://t.co/v4zYyT3f4L #fcblive pic.twitter.com/BFLqyApCZw
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 30, 2016
Justifying Filipe Luis hitting Messi, the fouls on Neymar, saying the player deserved being hit for his dribbles. It’s baffling.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) January 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheCataIanGiant/status/693477588640079872
https://twitter.com/messi10stats/status/693464380575502336
https://twitter.com/FurnyFootball/status/693464094314201088
@moving_lines Sport is also about intelligence. Intelligence is something that Diego Godin obviously lacks
— Jim Beam (@twowithplenty) January 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/FCBarcelonaHome/status/693463373774610432
https://twitter.com/Barcelona_HD/status/693462883062120448
I'd say Filipe Luis can go to hell but he's already been to Chelsea.
— XH6 (@XaviAssist) January 30, 2016
Luis Enrique 6-0 Diego Simeone pic.twitter.com/hAZPpOo6O5
— Juan (@socraticjuan) January 30, 2016
Atletico Madrid have conceded 2+ goals in just two La Liga games this season, both of which were vs. Barcelona. pic.twitter.com/kUYOa0ePwr
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 30, 2016
Playing styles.
Barcelona: Tiki Taka
Real Madrid: Counter attack
Atletico. Wrestling 😀
— FootballHub (@FootbalIhub) January 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/barcastuff/status/693478400275693569
Congrats to Barcelona for winning La Liga. This is better than Pep's team. No weakness and the best forwards. BTW, Real Madrid still crap.
— HALA MADRID (@RMadridCastilla) January 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/messileftfoot/status/693485275331366912
Luis Enrique on Felipe's tackle on Messi: "You all saw my reaction, it was shocking".
— AS English (@English_AS) January 30, 2016
