Stunning comeback boosts Barcelona’s title hopes as Simeone’s side smashed

With 20 minutes left at the Metropolitano and Barca 2-0 down to an Atleti side that had punished the visitors for their lack of awareness on two occasions, no one could’ve foreseen how the game would turn in favour of Hansi Flick’s side.

The joy on Diego Simeone’s face when Alexander Sorloth bagged yet another goal against the Blaugranes suggested that he, along with the vast majority of the crowd, believed that the Rojiblancos were about to do the double over Barcelona and pick up a vital three points in the process.

Not to mention putting another dent in Barca’s La Liga title hopes.

Thanks to an almost immediate riposte from Robert Lewandowski, hitherto an anonymous presence in the game, the…