"Barcelona fought their way to a 3-1 win against Atletico Madrid to move four points clear of Clasico rivals Real Madrid at the LaLiga summit on Tuesday. Robert Lewandowski's missed first-half penalty mattered little, as goals after the break from Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres completed the win ahead of Madrid's trip to Athletic Club. Atletico took the lead in the 19th minute after Alex Baena exposed Barcelona's high-line once again to finish past Joan Garcia following Nahuel Molina's lofted pass over the top."
"However, that lead lasted just seven minutes when Pedri played Raphinha through on goal before the Brazilian rounded Jan Oblak to score into an unguarded net. Barca had a great chance to take the lead before the break when Pablo Barrios fouled Olmo in the box, but Lewandowski fired well over the crossbar before Oblak denied a header from the Polish striker soon after with a brilliant diving save."
Barcelona recovered from an early deficit to beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 and extend a four-point lead over Real Madrid at the top of LaLiga. Alex Baena opened the scoring for Atletico after exploiting Barcelona's high defensive line. Raphinha equalised before halftime after being played through by Pedri. Robert Lewandowski missed a first-half penalty and had a header superbly saved by Jan Oblak. Dani Olmo scored the go-ahead goal and injured his shoulder, and Ferran Torres sealed the win from close range. Barcelona produced 3.88 expected goals from 19 shots; Atletico managed 0.97 from seven attempts.
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