After a rough couple of weeks in La Liga, Barcelona rose to the occasion against Atletico and secured an important win. Except they didn’t. They should have. They played a great game, but they didn’t take their chances and were made to pay by an Atletico side who created very little but scored twice.
Hansi Flick’s were good value for the three points and will be kicking themselves for not taking what would have been a huge win. The team looked hungry and full of intensity - two things that have been missing in recent games - but simply were not ruthless enough.