VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PHOTOS FROM BARCELONA'S 3-1 LALIGA WIN AT HOME TO ATLETICO MADRID / POST-MATCH COMMENTS FROM BARCELONA COACH HANSI FLICK & ATLETICO MADRID COACH DIEGO SIMEONE RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BARCELONA, SPAIN (DECEMBER 2, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL PHOTO OF RAPHINHA DRAWING BARCELONA LEVEL AT 1-1 DURING THEIR LALIGA MATCH AT HOME TO ATLETICO MADRID 2. STILL PHOTO OF BARCELONA PLAYERS CELEBRATING RAPHINHA’S GOAL 3. STILL PHOTO OF DANI OLMO PUTTING BARCELONA 2-1 UP 4. STILL PHOTO OF BARCELONA PLAYERS CELEBRATING OLMO’S GOAL WITH THE SPANIARD LAYING DOWN INJURED 5. STILL PHOTO OF FERRAN TORRES ADDING BARCELONA’S THIRD 6. STILL PHOTO OF BARCELONA PLAYERS CELEBRATING THEIR 3-1 WIN WITH ATLETICO MADRID PLAYERS LOOKING DEJECTED IN THE BACKGROUND BARCELONA, SPAIN (DECEMBER 2, 2025) (LALIGA – For editorial use only, no resales, no monetisation) 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING: “I think you’re right that this was one of the best matches from us, and I really appreciate a lot what I saw over the 90 minutes. Yeah, and I think also, the three points, we deserved this.” 8. WHITE FLASH 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING: “Yeah, I mean, I think for, I always say it’s the next steps, so, this was the next step, and also, what we said after the last match, that we are coming back on our best level, so, today was very good. So, it was, we increase a lot all the things we need, and this was for me very good to see.” 10. WHITE FLASH 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BARCELONA COACH, HANSI FLICK, SAYING: “We have to, we have the next match on Saturday against Betis, and this is also a good team, and so, we have to show it there. So, this is what we want, every game, we want to win normally every game. I know that’s, normally, it’s not easy, but we try. We try it.” 12. WHITE FLASH 13. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ATLETICO MADRID COACH, DIEGO SIMEONE, ON HIS TEAM’S PERFORMANCE, SAYING: “I liked the team. I liked them, I liked them. I'm calm. I'm calm because the lads did everything they could and gave their all. They competed, they pressed, they played for a long time trying to get the defensive back line out (of position). In fact, many more times than in other matches. Last year we won 2-1 here, but to be honest, they deserved to win that one 5-2, but hey, that's football, and today I think we played well enough to get a better result. We just couldn't do it, but that's part of the game." 14. WHITE FLASH 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ATLETICO MADRID COACH, DIEGO SIMEONE, SAYING: “Today the team worked and fought hard, and the team competed against a team that plays very well, and it's clear that in order to win any competition, at some point you're going to come up against teams like this that are very good.” 16. WHITE FLASH 17. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) ATLETICO MADRID COACH, DIEGO SIMEONE, SAYING: “I believe that the result is always the result, and it is fair because they scored three goals and we only scored one, so, they deserved to win the match.” STORY: Barcelona recovered to secure a 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid as goals from Raphinha, Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres handed the visitors their first LaLiga defeat since August and extended the champions' lead at the top after an intense clash on Tuesday (December 2). The result puts Barca on 37 points, four ahead of second-placed Real Madrid, who visit Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday. Atletico, arriving at Camp Nou on a seven-game winning run in all competitions, remain in fourth place with 31 points. Atletico struck first in the 19th minute through Alex Baena on the counter but Raphinha equalised seven minutes later with a close-range strike after a killer through pass from Pedri. Barca's persistence paid off as Dani Olmo pounced on a loose ball inside the box and fired a low strike to score in the 65th minute, but injured himself in the process, while Torres wrapped up the points by finishing off another counter-attack deep in added time. (Production: Albert Gea, Nacho Doce, Stefan Haskins)
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