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Luis Enrique happy to leave Atletico in Barca's dust

Barca beat Atleti 2-1 to increase the gap between the two and the winning manager believes that it's a massive result

Luis Enrique highlighted the importance of Barcelona increasing the gap ahead of Atletico Madrid in La Liga's title race after they left the Vicente Calderon with a 2-1 win on Sunday.

Barca returned to La Liga's summit – for at least a few hours – ahead of Real Madrid by defeating Diego Simeone's men in in the Spanish capital, though it was by no means straightforward.

Barca not thinking of Real Madrid

Diego Godin had seemingly secured a point for the hosts with his header 20 minutes from time, but Lionel Messi popped up and scored a late winner for the second league match in succession to salvage what could potentially be a vital result in the title race.