Suarez the saviour as Barcelona overcomes 10-man Atletico Madrid
Barcelona - Atletico Madrid was left to rue Fernando Torres' first-half red card as Luis Suarez's double handed Barcelona a 2-1 lead on Tuesday heading into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final.
11 - Only Cristiano (13 goals, 4 assists) has been involved in more goals this season in #UCL that Suarez (8 goals, 3 assists). Decisive
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) April 5, 2016
Torres got Atletico off to the perfect start as he slotted home Koke's through ball for a vital away goal on 25 minutes, but saw two quickfire yellow cards to leave his side a man short for over an hour.
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A second-half onslaught from Barca ensued and Suarez turned the game on its head as he bundled home to equalise before powering in a header for the winner 16 minutes from time.
The sides meet once more to decide who will progress to the semi-finals at Atletico's Vicente Calderon on April 13.
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