Fernando Torres puts Athletico in front, only to be sent off shortly after.
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A second-half onslaught from Barca ensued and Suarez turned the game on its head as he bundled home to equalise before powering in a header for the victor 16 minutes from time.
Atletico still hadn’t threatened but when their first chance came on 25 minutes Torres took it. Koke got away from Sergio Busquets and as Gerard Pique stepped out to close him down he left Torres in the care of Javier Mascherano and Alves.
As Torres trooped off so Barcelona‘s morale soared although the hosts were fortunate not to have Luis Suarez sent off when the Uruguayan striker lashed out with his boot at Atletico right-back Juanfran.
Fernando Torres sent Atletico into a 25th-minute lead on the night, but the Spaniard was then given his marching orders 10 minutes before the break after picking up two bookings in the space of six minutes.
Luis Felipe pushed Suarez off the pitch in the first indication of the way Atletico would set about their task – they were out to knock Barcelona out of their stride.
“The only downside is we didn’t score another goal, which would have helped us a lot”, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said.
The 23-year-old played the final 27 minutes as Barcelona completed the turnaround at the Nou Camp.
Enrique – Barcelona: “First, let me just say we have to look at the fact we were playing against Atlético Madrid”.
Arturo Vidal gave Bayern Munich a slender 1-0 lead for their Champions League quarter-final return leg at Benfica next week, after hitting the victor just 109 seconds into Tuesday’s first leg.
Barcelona awkwardly wore yellow while Atletico wore their black away kit.
In the 2012-13 campaign he netted against Borussia Dortmund, as the German side reached the final at Wembley but lost to Bayern.
Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski had a superb chance to add a second in the dying stages but bizarrely opted to try and pass to Philipp Lahm when through on goal and it was wasted.
After his red card, a walk of shame for Fernando Torres.
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“We played with enthusiasm, but also a cool head because if you only play with the heart it is unsafe”.
