Barrios lifts Atleti to crucial win over Sevilla
Pablo Barrios's stoppage-time winner helped Atletico Madrid close the gap to the top two in LaLiga with a 2-1 victory away to Sevilla.
Diego Simeone's side capitalised on other results after leader Barcelona was held by Real Betis, while Real Madrid was stunned by Valencia.
Atletico is seven points behind Barcelona, with its win on Monday halting a six-match winless streak across all competitions.
Sevilla opened the scoring in the seventh minute through Lucien Agoume's fine finish from outside the box, rounding off a swift counter-attack by Garcia Pimienta's team.
But Atleti was offered the chance to restore parity just before the half-hour mark when Conor Gallagher was fouled inside the penalty area by Sevilla captain Loic Balde.
Julian Alvarez assumed responsibility for the spot-kick, stepping up and sending Orjan Nyland the wrong way for his 12th LaLiga goal of the season.
Neither side was able to carve out any clear opportunities after the break, with Sevilla's Nemanja Gudelj going close before Alvarez tested Nyland soon after.
However, in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, Barrios's driving run from deep ended with a curled left-footed finish that nestled into the bottom-left corner.
