Atletico Madrid’s promising season has turned into great disappointment in a matter of days. Atletico looked poised for a deep run in the Champions League and was holding steady at the top of the Spanish league,

On matchweek 28, Kylian Mbappe's brace led Real Madrid to a gutsy comeback win over Villareal to keep the pace at the top. But the most significant result came a day later, as Barcelona came back from a two goal deficit to defeat title rivals Atlético Madrid.

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone remains optimistic about the club's title chances after Sunday's 4-2 LaLiga defeat to Barcelona, saying the loss was not down to bad luck but lack of consistency.

Just days after having their hearts broken in the Champions League, Atletico Madrid absorbed a second gut punch as they were stunned by Barcelona 4-2 at the Metropolitano.

Lamine Yamal joins ESPN FC to react to Barcelona's 4-2 win against Atletico Madrid.

Barcelona star Lamine Yamal believes a message has been fired to their La Liga title rivals.La Blaugrana now head into the March international break back on top of the table ahead of Real Madrid on