Barca have a corner down their left. Coutinho swings it in and Costa smashes it towards the halfway line. ter Stegen picks it up and Barca attack once more. The ball takes a heart-stopping deflection in the box and Oblak wisely puts his foot through it. That's that!
90' +1
Felipe enters the game and replaces Y. Carrasco.
Atletico substitution. The bustling Carrasco gets the last few minutes off. Felipe is on for him.
90'
Atletico are five minutes away from their first home win over Barca in La Liga since February 2010.
89'
A slightly desperate Roberto goes for goal from distance. It hits Gimenez and goes out for a corner. That could have wrongfooted Oblak. Atletico survive the corner.
87'
Barca are still threatening but not as much as you'd expect them to be at this stage. Trincao fires high and wide from outside the box, then Braithwaite has a shot blocked when Atletico fluff their clearance.
85'
Atletico win a corner down their right off de Jong. The corner lands to Carrasco in the box but Carrasco - probably the man of the match - fires way over.
84'
T. Lemar enters the game and replaces João Félix.
G. Kondogbia enters the game and replaces Á. Correa.
Correa also gets a rest for the last few minutes. Kondogbia is on for him.
Now it's Atletico's turn to make changes. Lemar comes on for the hardworking Joao Felix.
83'
Trincão enters the game and replaces A. Griezmann.
M. Braithwaite enters the game and replaces M. Pjanić.
Barca make another change. Pjanic also makes way for Braithwaite.
Griezmann's game is over. He looks a shadow of the striker he used to be in a Barca shirt. Trincao comes on for Barca.
Atletico are no doubt glad to get upfield after this spell of Barca pressure. Correa smashes a shot against a defender and it goes out for a throw-in. There will be a few substitutions first.
81'
Messi steps up and swings the free-kick towards goal. It takes a deflection off Atletico's wall and goes out for a Barca corner which Atletico clear.
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80'
Gimenez follows Savic into the book soon after for protesting. Unsure what for, as it's an obvious foul, 25 metres from goal. Messi is standing over the free-kick.
79'
J. Giménez gets yellow.
S. Savić gets yellow.
Savic is the third Atletico man to find his name in the book for a crude challenge from behind on Messi.
77'
Roberto telegraphs his intended pass to Dest and Carrasco's quick feet take the ball away from the American. Carrasco has been a bag of tricks in this game.
76'
Coutinho slips but somehow gets a free-kick out of it in Atletico's defensive third. Alba sends a cross into the box and Savic boots it away.
74'
Messi's shot from 20 yards out is blocked. Costa looks to bustle himself onto the ball up the other end but de Jong, playing at centre-back now, calmly sees the striker off.
73'
Diego Costa enters the game and replaces Marcos Llorente.
Atletico make a substitution. Llorente makes way for Costa.
72'
Tripper whips a cross into the six-yard box that Joao Felix just fails to reach. Atletico's goalscorer Carrasco picks up the pieces, jinks onto his right foot and fires wide of the far post.
70'
Saul flicks Koke's corner towards the back post with his head. Griezmann is quick to react with an acrobatic clearance. Atletico have another corner which Barca manage to clear. Atletico are on top for now though.
69'
Joao Felix runs onto the ball outside the box and has his quick effort blocked by de Jong. Llorente latches onto Trippier's pass near the byline and forces a corner for Atletico.
67'
Atletico are comfortable with defending narrow leads but need to be careful. Pjanic gets a sniff of goal from way out. His shot soars high and wide.
66'
Joao Felix dispossesses Messi in the centre of the park. Savic finds Llorente who wisely keeps possession. Joao Felix goes down near Barca's box but the referee isn't interested.
64'
Coutinho cuts inside from the left and has a cross blocked. Barca work the ball to Dembele on the opposite side and his snapshot fizzes wide of the right-hand post.
62'
S. Dest enters the game and replaces Piqué.
A clearly upset Pique limps from the pitch. Let's hope it's not as bad as it looks. Dest comes on for him.
57'
Philippe Coutinho enters the game and replaces Pedri.
Pedri's had a quiet game and makes way. Coutinho replaces him on the left flank.
56'
Barca wins another corner after Pedri's shot is deflected. Barca will make a change first.
53'
Trippier knocks the ball off Lenglet for an Atletico corner. Correa swings it in and Pique makes short shrift of it.
52'
Carrasco bears down on Barca's box again and tries to lay off to Joao Felix. Barca block it at the vital moment. Carrasco's direct runs are really testing the visitors.
51'
Dembele is judged offside from Messi's pass. That's good for Barca - they have to play the ball forward more quickly than they did in the opening 45 minutes.
50'
Dembele plays the ball off Hermoso and thinks he's earnt a corner. The officials disagree and signal for a goal-kick.
48'
Trippier rolls a diagonal ball into the box for Correa. Lenglet and ter Stegen combine well enough to prevent Correa from getting a shot away.
46'
Atletico start the half brightly as they win a corner down their left off Dembele. Nothing comes of it though.
45' +3
Y. Carrasco has scored a goal for Atletico Madrid! Assist by Á. Correa.
GOAL! ATLETICO MADRID 1-0 BARCELONA! Atletico take the lead on the brink of half-time! Correa spots space behind Barca's defence for Carrasco to race into. ter Stegen rushes way out of his area, Carrasco nutmegs him and slots calmly into the net from outside the box.
That was a clinical assist by Correa who punished Pique's poor touch. Barca will feel sick to have conceded just before the break.
HALF-TIME: ATLETICO MADRID 1-0 BARCELONA
45' +2
Barca look to end the half on a high by launching one last attack, but they struggle to find a way through Atletico's low block. Dembele shows too much of the ball to Hermoso and soon loses out. That's important because...
45'
Dembele leaves the pitch briefly but the referee soon waves him back on. Carrasco soon gives away another foul. There'll be three minutes added onto this first half.
The second half gets underway. No changes made by either side.
43'
Carrasco does well to make up for a sloppy touch to pin Dembele near the byline. Dembele takes a tumble from Carrasco's challenge and the free-kick goes Barca's way. Carrasco throws a hand up in frustration but Dembele needs some treatment.
39'
Atletico lure Barca's defence out to send Carrasco into the box. The Belgian's cross is blocked but it turns out he was just offside when he made his run anyway.
37'
Oblak's first touch of a pass back to him is a little heavy, forcing the Atletico keeper to hump it clear. Barca take advantage of the situation by keeping possession for the first time in a while, only for Lenglet to fire a pass out of play.
35'
Saul spots a shooting opportunity from distance and has a crack. It's nowhere near on target though and dribbles slowly enough for Barca to intercept it.
33'
Trippier gets loose down the right and rolls an early cross behind Barca's defence that worries Lenglet enough to punt it out for a throw. Atletico can't do anything particularly interesting from the throw-in.
32'
Y. Carrasco gets yellow.
31'
The referee trots back on the pitch. He appears to be happy now. After all that waiting Messi's free-kick isn't worth mentioning.
29'
Messi wins a free-kick in the final third as Savic marks his opponently a little too closely. Barca won't get to take it yet though as the referee seems to be having a problem with his communication equipment.
27'
A nice one-two between Trippier and Llorente down the right keeps Atletico moving. Simeone's side are starting to settle on the ball now as well as off it.
26'
A loose pass hands Barca possession. Carrasco is booked for clipping the heels of Roberto near the halfway line.
24'
Atletico win a series of throw-ins down their left. The hosts have had less of the ball than Barca but have looked more threatening with it so far.
22'
The corner's eventually taken after the referee goes over to have a chat with Hermoso. Atletico easily see it off.
21'
Messi slips Roberto into the penalty area only for the full-back to cross instead of shoot. Barca still get a corner out of it.
19'
Barca muck around at the edge of Atletico's penalty area without getting anywhere in particular. Atletico soon steal possession, forcing ter Stegen to claim a high ball into the box.
17'
Joao Felix races onto a ball over the top and holds it up near the left corner flag. Atletico work the ball around to the other side but can't pick out Trippier who's making a run. Simeone applauds his side's effort.
15'
Barca win a corner down their right which Messi takes. It's headed out for another Barca corner which Atletico again head clear.
13'
Messi tries an eye-of-the-needle pass through the middle for Pedri but Savic cuts it out. He attempts another chip into the box but it floats harmlessly out of play. The Argentine apologises to his teammates.
10'
Messi's free-kick causes Atletico no difficulty. Suddenly the hosts are flooding forward and Roberto punts a cross out for a corner. This game's started at a nicely brisk pace.
9'
Koke gets yellow.
Koke receives the game's first yellow card after Atletico's free-kick comes to nothing and Barca counter. Koke comes across to bundle Dembele over.
7'
Barca's latest attack breaks down and Carrasco goes rampaging down the wing again. The Belgian's fouled as he cuts inside and wins a free-kick for Atletico.
5'
Atletico take the corner and soon win another. Barca manage to see off the host's advances both times.
3'
Barca get the first chance of the game after a spell of possession. Dembele beats Hermoso to cross low from the right. Griezmann beats his marker to it in the box but it ricochets off the Frenchman and out of play for an Atletico goal-kick.
1'
The referee blows his whistle and this mouthwatering affair is underway!
Hello! Welcome to our live text commentary of this La Liga match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona at Wanda Metropolitano.
Atletico might have a chance of winning La Liga this season. Diego Simeone's side have started their campaign extremely well and are currently on a 23-game unbeaten streak in the league, their longest ever in the competition. With both Real Madrid and Barca looking flawed this year, Atletico will feel a repeat of their 2013-14 triumph is very possible.
Barca arrive at Wanda Metropolitano in the unfamiliar territory of eighth in the table, having won just one of their last five league games. Ronald Koeman's team have a historical hold over Simeone's Atletico though. As we all know, history can be a hard thing for a team to shake.
ATLETICO MADRID (4-4-2): Jan Oblak; Kieran Trippier, Stefan Savic, Jose Gimenez, Mario Hermoso; Marcos Llorente, Koke (c), Saul Níguez, Yannick Carrasco; Angel Correa, Joao Felix.
SUBS: Felipe, Thomas Lemar, Toni Moya, Diego Costa, Vitolo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Sergio Camello, Ricard Sanchez, Ivo Grbic, Ivan Saponjic, Renan Lodi.
BARCELONA (4-2-3-1): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba; Miralem Pjanic, Frenkie de Jong; Ousmane Dembele, Lionel Messi (c), Pedri; Antoine Griezmann.
SUBS: Riqui Puig, Neto, Carles Alena, Arnau Tenas, Philippe Coutinho, Trincao, Oscar Mingueza, Martin Braithwaite, Junior Firpo, Sergino Dest.
The two sides are out on the pitch here in Madrid. Barca appear to be wearing shirts in support of their young winger Ansu Fati who is out for four months with a knee injury.
Atletico's win lifts them to second in La Liga, behind Real Sociedad on goals scored. Atletico have a game in hand though and their unbeaten run in the league now stretches to 24 games. They look like title contenders. Barca stay in 10th. Koeman will find himself under serious pressure if Barca don't climb the table quickly.
Atletico continue their excellent start then while Barca seem stuck in their existential crisis. As long as this goes on, the top of La Liga will be fascinating viewing. That's all for now. Goodbye!
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