Barcelona went three factors clear on the high of La Liga after a hard-fought 1-0 win at Atletico Madrid.

Xavi’s males made a stuttering restart to their season after the World Cup, with them held to a 1-1 derby draw towards Espanyol of their first sport again.

They get their season again on monitor on the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, however they had been made to work for it.

It was Ousmane Dembele who was the Barcelona matchwinner, with teenage stars Perdi and Gavi combining to create the chance. He made no mistake, sweeping the ball into the underside nook.

That appeared to shake Atletico into motion, they usually began laying siege to the Barcelona purpose, peppering it with 20 photographs all through the competition.

It doesn’t matter what they did, although, Barca stood agency. Atletico frustration began to construct and Stefan Savic and Ferran Torres had been each despatched off for an injury-time scuffle.

Antoine Griezmann had one ultimate probability to salvage a draw for Atletico, however his shot was cleared off the road by Ronald Araujo.  

GK: Jan Oblak (6); RB: Nahuel Molina (6), CB: Stefan Savic (6), CB: Jose Maria Gimenez (7), LB: Reinildo (7); RM: Marcos Llorente (7), CM: Koke (7), CM: Pablo Barrios (6), LM: Yannick Carrasco (6); Antione Griezmann (6), CF: Joao Felix (6)

Subs: Geoffrey Kondogbia (N/A), Alvaro Morata (N/A), Angel Correa (N/A), Thomas Lemar (N/A), Sergio Reguilon (N/A)

Supervisor: Diego Simeone (6)

GK: Marc-Andre ter Stegen (7); RB: Jules Kounde (7), CB: Ronald Araujo (7), CB: Andreas Christensen (8), LB: Alejandro Balde (8); CM: Sergio Busquets (7), CM: Frenkie de Jong (7), CM: Gavi (7), RF: Ousmane Dembele (8), CF: Ansu Fati (6), LF: Pedri (8)

Subs: Ferran Torres (4), Franck Kessie (6), Raphinha (N/A), Marcos Alonso (N/A), Sergi Roberto (N/A)

Supervisor: Xavi Hernandez (8)