Barcelona's play really impressed me; Athletico Madrid also had excellent chances, but their finishing were bad. I first assumed that Athletico Madrid would make the match difficult for Barcelona, but I was quite disappointed by their performance, especially their defensemen.
That's the reality of what happened on the field, Atletico Madrid was the one who threatened Barcelona goal the most, but it was Barcelona who managed to score the goal. Barcelona back line, which was so easy to penetrate, was unable to withstand Atletico attacks, but luck was still on Barcelona side due to the very poor finishing of Atletico players. Atletico made a fatal mistake in the second half, they were so eager to score goals that they forgot about their defense, even though in the previous match when they faced Inter Milan in the UCL Atletico defense was very strong.
Barcelona, who appeared very solid, immediately took control of the match after Fermin Lopez increased his team's lead, Atletico players' mentality immediately collapsed after they had difficulty finding an equalizer in the very limited time remaining. This victory moved Barcelona to second place after Girona failed to get points after being humiliated by Getafe, while Atletico had to settle for being in fifth place after failing to overtake Bilbao in fourth place.