Atletico Madrid 0-3 Barcelona: Player ratings as Lewandowski stars in impressive win

Barcelona moved up to second in La Liga thanks to a hugely impressive 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid.

Goals from Joao Felix, Robert Lewandowski and Fermin Lopez were enough to secure a surprisingly comfortable win for Barca on Sunday, becoming the first team to beat Atleti at Estadio Civitas Metropolitano this season.

The win sees Barca move two points clear of high-flying Girona in the league table, and eight points adrift of runaway leaders Real Madrid.

The early exchanges were wholly dominated by Atletico Madrid, with their high press causing Barca a whole host of problems. That high press led to a real chance for Pablo Barrios inside the opening ten minutes, when a misplaced Marc Andre ter Stegen clearance fell to the feet of the youngster. After controlling however, Barrios curled the ball just wide of the far right post from outside of the penalty area.

After being completely dominated for the opening 40 minutes of the game, Barca began to finally show some signs of life late in the first half with Raphinha and Fermin Lopez both spurning half-chances to give Barca a rather underserved lead.

Rather predictably, it would be Joao Felix who would give Barcelona the lead soon after those missed chances. A wonderful move from La Blagurana in which Ilkay Gundogan drifted past two Atleti midfielders before playing the ball into the path of Robert Lewandowski on the left of the penalty area. Instead of shooting, Lewa cleverly drilled the ball back into the path of loanee Felix, who was able to calmly slot into the corner of the net.

Inside the opening minute of the second half, Lewa would nab a goal of his own to make it 2-0. The Poland international flicked the ball over the foot of Reinaldo in the box to latch onto a pass