La Liga: Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 to move to within a point of Real Madrid

Barcelona produced one of their best performances of the season on Sunday night to beat Primera Division champions Atletico Madrid 3-1 at the Nou Camp - and move within a point of leaders Real Madrid.

Neymar put the hosts ahead after 12 minutes and Luis Suarez doubled their advantage before the break.

Mario Mandzukic pulled one back for Diego Simeone's side after Lionel Messi had given away a penalty, but the Argentine sealed the points for the Catalan outfit late on with a close-range finish.

Elsewhere, Sevilla climbed up to fourth place thanks to a 2-0 win at Almeria.

Fran Rico rescued a much-needed point as his Granada side claimed a 1-1 draw against Real Sociedad at Los Carmenes.

Elche moved off the foot of the standings courtesy of a 2-1 victory at Athletic Bilbao.

The Table as it stands below...

Spanish Primera BBVA 2014/15

#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	R Madrid	17	14	0	3	59	15	44	42
2	Barcelona	18	13	2	3	44	9	35	41
3	A Madrid	18	12	2	4	35	18	17	38
4	Sevilla	17	11	3	3	28	17	11	36
5	Valencia	18	10	5	3	32	15	17	35
6	Villarreal	18	9	5	4	30	17	13	32
7	Malaga	18	9	4	5	22	18	4	31
8	Eibar	18	7	5	6	23	24	-1	26
9	Celta Vigo	18	5	6	7	18	20	-2	21
10	Espanyol	18	5	5	8	21	29	-8	20
11	R Vallecano	17	6	2	9	19	32	-13	20
12	Sociedad	18	4	7	7	19	23	-4	19
13	Ath Bilbao	18	5	4	9	15	23	-8	19
14	Getafe	18	4	5	9	14	24	-10	17
15	Deportivo	18	4	5	9	14	27	-13	17
16	Almeria	18	4	4	10	15	27	-12	16
17	Levante	18	3	7	8	13	33	-20	16
18	Cordoba	17	2	8	7	13	27	-14	14
19	Elche	18	3	5	10	17	35	-18	14
20	Granada	18	2	8	8	11	29	-18	14

...SkySports