Barcelona went three factors clear on the high of LaLiga on Sunday with a 1-0 away win at Atletico Madrid, due to a first-half objective from Ousmane Dembele.
Rivals and second-placed Real Madrid suffered a 2-1 defeat at Villarreal on Saturday, giving Barca the prospect to grab the benefit within the league after 16 rounds.
Barcelona dominated the early exchanges, pressuring Atletico excessive up of their half and forcing them into errors.
The guests bought the one objective of the sport after 22 minutes when Dembele was performed clear contained in the field and despatched the ball into the underside proper nook.
Two minutes later, Pedri managed to get into the Atletico field with keeper Jan Oblak to beat, just for Nahuel Molina to fly in and block the shot on the final second.
The hosts began to get up on the finish of the half, taking up possession and sending Barcelona into defensive mode.
Barcelona keeper Marc-Andre ter Steigen made an important save three minutes earlier than first-half stoppage time when he tipped over an Antoine Griezmann shot at full stretch.
Two minutes into stoppage time, Barca’s Ferran Torres and Atletico’s Stefan Savic have been despatched off for violent conduct.
Atletico very practically grabbed a late level 4 minutes into stoppage time when Griezmann fired in a shot that was blocked on the road because the guests held on for the narrowest of wins.
