Barcelona 1-0 Atletico Madrid: Ferran Torres brings LaLiga title closer

Ferran Torres was the match-winner as Barcelona secured a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid at Spotify Camp Nou on Sunday to edge closer toward the LaLiga title. 

Ferran struck just before the break as Barça restored their 11-point lead over Real Madrid with just eight games to go. 

In turn, they ended Atletico's 13-game unbeaten streak -- stretching back to Barça's win at the Metropolitano in January -- but will regret not scoring more. 

Gavi, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski all missed chances to seal the win earlier, although Atletico also had their moments. 

On his return to Camp Nou, Antoine Griezmann hit the bar inside 40 seconds and was Atletico's biggest threat throughout. 

The Frenchman also drew two saves from Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who kept a 23rd clean sheet in 30 LaLiga games. 

There was also positive news for Barça in the form of returns from injury for Frenkie de Jong and Pedri. 

De Jong started and played almost 80 minutes, doing well before being replaced by Franck Kessie in the latter stages of the game. 

Pedri, meanwhile, was introduced as a second-half substitute to a great reception from the 80,000 plus crowd at Camp Nou.