Luis Suarez scored twice as Barcelona came from behind to record a 2-1 win over 10-man Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
Luis Enrique’s side were still smarting from a 2-1 Clasico defeat to Real Madrid on Saturday, and Camp Nou was stunned into silence once more when Fernando Torres struck the opening goal of the game – and his 11th in 15 games against Barca – with Atletico’s first shot on target after 25 minutes.
Torres made preserving his side’s advantage far more difficult when he picked up a needless second booking just 10 minutes after scoring, and Barca began to turn up the pressure, with Lionel Messi close to converting a fine overhead kick and Neymar rattling Jan Oblak’s crossbar.
Atleti’s admirable resistance was eventually broken when Suarez steered home Jordi Alba’s effort on 63 minutes, and the Uruguay striker finished off a fine team move 16 minutes from time to give Luis Enrique’s side the lead with his seventh goal in five home Champions League games this season.
Diego Simeone’s team have now lost seven games in a row against the European champions but will still consider themselves to be in with a chance of reaching the last four when the two reconvene at the Vicente Calderon next Wednesday.
An Arturo Vidal strike in the second minute was all that Bayern Munich needed to see-off Benfica in the other quarter-final game played at the Alianz Arena.
