With the help of substitute Alexander Sorloth's injury time goal, Atletico Madrid defeated Barcelona 2-1 in the Spanish La Liga on Saturday. After this victory, Athletico has overtaken Barcelona and climbed to the top of the points table.

Atlético has 41 points from 18 games. Barcelona has played one game more and has only 38 points. Now Atletico will end the year 2024 at the top of the league table.

In the match at Stadi Olympics, Barcelona took the lead in the 30th minute with Pedri's goal. Rodrigo de Paul equalized for Atletico in the 60th minute. Then Sorloth scored the decisive goal in the sixth minute of injury time.

Barcelona has lost consecutively in the last three league games at home. In other games on Saturday, Athletico Bilbao beat Osasuna 2-1, Celta Vigo beat Real Sociedad 2-0 and Real Marloca beat Getafe 1-0.