Barcelona's Lionel Messi (L) fights for the ball against Atletico Madrid's Diego Godin during their Spanish First division soccer match at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona January 11, 2015. REUTERS/Albert Gea
MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona stayed hard on the heels of La Liga leaders Real Madrid when Lionel Messi scored one goal, created two and conceded a penalty in a 3-1 win at home to champions Atletico Madrid on Sunday that eased pressure on under-fire coach Luis Enrique.
Looking to bounce back after last weekend’s defeat at Real Sociedad, Barca started strongly and took the lead in the 12th minute when Messi’s trickery opened up the Atletico defence and the ball fell to Neymar to stab home.
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