We have been seeing improvements in Barcelona for a few weeks. I do not expect them to beat Atletico Madrid so easily, but they were very good and did not play a great match. An important moment in the match was when Xavi was suspended due to his objections. This was an important moment.
Even if Barcelona was ahead, the players could have been affected by this situation, but that was not the case at all, on the contrary, they scored two more goals and Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 3-0 today. Barcelona's young players show a lot of promise: Yamal and Pau Cubarsi
Three goals without conceding against a team that can be said to be strong in Laliga is certainly an impressive performance for Barcelona and Barcelona is slowly being able to improve its position by being in second place in the standings and this is quite helped by Girona which is slowly declining.
But will Barcelona be able to threaten Real Madrid's current position? That's quite impossible because Real Madrid understands that their position is not yet safe so they will perform optimally to ensure the title because it would be very painful if they failed at the end of the season.
After the break, the point difference may be reduced because Real Madrid will face a quite tough match against Athletic Bilbao, while Barcelona will only face the promoted team Las Palmas whose performance in the last five matches is not very good because they only got two points.