Barcelona 's Ferran Torres' scored twice to help secure a late 4-2 comeback win at Atletico Madrid in a pulsating La Liga clash on Sunday that took the Catalans back to the top of the table.

Barcelona struck a potentially decisive blow in La Liga’s title race with a 4-2 win against Atletico Madrid at the Metropolitano. Diego Simeone’s home team went ahead through Julian Alvarez in the 45th minute — with the Argentina forward banishing memories of his ‘two-touch’ penalty in Atletico’s Champions League round-of-16 exit to Real Madrid in midweek.

Atletico Madrid welcome Barcelona to the Metropolitano for a huge clash in La Liga. Both sides are directly behind Real Madrid in the standings. Barca sit second, three points behind Los Blancos with two games in hand and Atleti are a point further back in third.