Football Update: Messi Netted a Late Goal to Sink Atletico as Barcelona Reclaim the First Spot on the Table

It was a fantastic moment for the Argentinian man at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium last night, scoring the only goal in the match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona at 86^th minutes of the game played to returns Barcelona on top of La-Liga table with a stunning 0-1 victory against Atletico.

Game was well contested by both team, meanwhile, it was Atletico who almost took the lead, struck a post, and came close several time but unfortunately Marc-Andre Ter Stegen was at the goal post ensuring no ball get into the net, makes a lot of brilliant save and also Jan Oblak displayed why they are two of the best goalkeepers in the world as the game came close to a draw.

Here it comes at 85^th minutes before the end of match, it was the GOAT, Messi who came up with a brilliant idea, beating Atletico goalkeeper with a fantastic finished from the edge of box to give Barcelona a lead and returning Barca to the top of the table follow by Real Madrid with a goal difference.

Messi again and again and again and again. What a GOAL. pic.twitter.com/X7x6bToZ8u

— Ibroo Messi (@Ibroo_Messi) December 1, 2019

The thrashing was Atletico's first in 11 league match games, yet they have won just three of them and sit six off the pace.

The success saw Barca come back to the highest point of the standing table with 31 points after 14 games, in front of Real Madrid on goal contrast, while Atletico was left in the 6th spot with 25 points, having played one match more than Barca and Real Madrid this season.

Prior in the day, Sevilla beat cellar club Leganes 1-0 at home in an exciting match.

Diego Carlos, the Sevilla defender struck the winning goal in the 63rd minutes of a start to finish game, impacting into the top of the nett from short proximity inside a packed penalty box after Jules Kounde's overhead kick was parried.

Leganes delivered a gutsy and striking showcase and made various opportunities to score all through the game, with Moroccan forward Youssef En-Nesyri practically giving them the lead with a horrendous bike kick right off the bat in the subsequent half.

They laid attack to Sevilla's region in extra time however Julen Lopetegui's side clung on, enduring brazen last seconds when a VAR audit occurred to decide if the guests ought to be granted a penalty for pushing in the box area.

Athletic Bilbao's great form proceeds - the Basque outfit dispatched free-falling Granada 2-0 with a Raul Garcia penalty kick goal and a late Yuri Berchiche goal at San Mames stadium.

Somewhere else, Osasuna dug out from a deficit to overcome relegation struggling team Espanyol in 4-2. victory with one man down.

Getafe whipped Levante 4-0 as Leandro Cabrera, Jorge Molina Vidal, Angel Rodriguez and David Timor as all records their name on the scoresheet.

Some of reactions on social media;

"@Messiology10: People who say Lionel Messi doesn’t deserve to win the Ballon D’or because of what happened at Anfield should watch this. pic.twitter.com/kX5rtTU5xM

— 𝔾𝕀𝔻𝕀𝕋ℝ𝔸𝔽𝔽𝕀ℂ (@Gidi_Traffic) December 2, 2019

 

Oh Messi, what a goal. The diminutive dios scores yet another beauty. 👏🏻👏🏻

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) December 1, 2019

 

My club has Messi and Ter Stegen. End to end heroes.
THE GOAT 🐐🐐#AtletiBarca #BallonDor2019 pic.twitter.com/XhyLDCIEJU

— 💯Nwa Udumeze💓👌🏐 (@joeselfi) December 2, 2019