La Liga: Barcelona 2-1 Atletico Madrid

Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (L) celebrates a goal with Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar during the Spanish league football match Club Atletico de Madrid vs FC Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid on February 26, 2017. (AFP)

Lionel Messi has scored a late winner for the second week in a row as Barcelona secured a 2-1 victory over rivals Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon.

After a goalless first half, the visitors managed to put themselves ahead through Rafinha who slotted the ball past the keeper to make it 1-0.

But it didn't take long for Atletico to equalize when Koke curled a lovely ball right on to the head of Diego Godin, who then beat the keeper with a glancing header.

Godin had seemingly salvaged the hosts a draw 20 minutes from time, but Messi silenced the home crowd with a late goal to seal all three points for Barca.

 


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