First met second in La Liga on Saturday afternoon as Barcelona welcomed Atletico Madrid to Camp Nou.
It was the visitors that took a 10th-minute lead through Koke, but Barcelona were on level terms in the 30th minute when Lionel Messi found the bottom corner from inside the box, before Luis Suarez sent the home side ahead in the 38th minute.
That was not where the first-half action ended, however, with Atletico reduced to 10 men in the 44th minute when Filipe Luis put in a late challenge on Messi.
The visitors then went down to nine in the 65th minute when Diego Godin picked up a second yellow, allowing Barcelona to close out the game for all three points.
Read how it all unfolded in Sports Mole's minute-by-minute live commentary of the action below.
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Los jugadores ya están en el estadio https://t.co/WDNQi1mKh7 #FCBAtleti #FCBlive
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 30, 2016
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BARCA: Bravo; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic; Messi, Suarez, Neymar
ATLETI: To follow.
BARCA: Bravo; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic; Messi, Suarez, Neymar
ATLETI: Oblak; Juanfran, Godin, Gimenez, Luis; Gabi, Augusto, Koke; Saul, Griezmann, Carrasco
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Great save from Claudio Bravo https://t.co/e7XY5wpDZL #FCBAtleti #warmup
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 30, 2016
BARCA: Bravo; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba; Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic; Messi, Suarez, Neymar
ATLETI: Oblak; Juanfran, Godin, Gimenez, Luis; Gabi, Augusto, Koke; Saul, Griezmann, Carrasco
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