Barcelona which is the best side in the league were treated to a different match yester night as Diego Simeone’s boys Atletico Madrid literally towed away the best attacking trio of Messi, Suarez and Neymar during the first 45 minutes.
The defending champions were down by first half when the hitman Fernando Torres opened the score sheet with his superb finish.
Luckily for the Luiz Enrique, his side was lifted up when the same hitman received two yellow cards in a row precipitating in a red card and by the 35th minute, Atletico Madrid were down 10 men.
It is Luis Suarez again who was on the spotlight for the man of the moment who sunk the hopes of their bitter rivals in La Liga with an opening goal at the 63rd minute and doubled it at the 74th minute.
Atletico Madrid generally looked undisciplined as they had one red card and a streak of seven yellow cards in that match.
In the same breath, Bayern Munchen were held to a 1-0 win as they seemingly could not double after Arturo Vidal opened the score line.
Pep Guardiola sounded Vidal, their new signing from Juventus whom he said he has already picked up his feet and he is in his full element.
Today at 21:45 Man City will visit PSG and Real Madrid seek for another win from Wolfsburg in Germany.
The second leg tie will be returned upon by 12th next week.
Europa League first leg tie also returns in the same week as the much anticipated derby between Liverpool and Dortmund lock up horns on Thursday late night.
By Simon Ingari
