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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to the Independent's live coverage of Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid in the Champions League. We'll also be providing all of the updates from Bayern Munich vs Benfica in tonight's other quarter-final first leg.
- The match kicked off at 7.45pm
- Barcelona are currently top of La Liga
- They are six points clear of second-placed Atletico
- Barca did lose 2-1 to Real at home last weekend
- Barca are aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back Champions League titles
- The second leg in Madrid takes place on 13 April
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Gerard Pique says Barcelona do not need to use Saturday's defeat to Real Madrid as a wake-up call ahead of their Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid - a match he expects to be even tougher than the Clasico.
Barca saw their record-breaking unbeaten run come to an end after going down 2-1 to 10-man Real at the Nou Camp, with Cristiano Ronaldo netting an 85th-minute winner.
It was a chastening defeat against their biggest rivals but, with a six-point lead in the Primera Division, a Copa del Rey final to look forward to and a crunch Champions League quarter-final against Atletico to play, defender Pique insists there is no need to blow the result out of proportion.
The Spain international, who headed Barca into a 56th-minute lead against Real, told a press conference on Monday: "We don't need a wake-up call because we already know how difficult and complicated it is to win every game.
"Emotionally it's a defeat like any other. We went 39 games without losing and at times it happens. Onwards.
"We're ready to play another game on Tuesday and to do very well. Tomorrow is a unique opportunity to have a great game and leave the bar very high."
55 min: CHANCE! Another free header in the box for Neymar. This time he heads it down but Oblak makes an easy save in the centre of his goal.
56 min: CHANCE! Barca again. Messi fires in a low shot from the edge of the area but Oblak is equal to it yet again.
2003 - Barcelona have not lost 2 consecutive home games all comps since April 2003 (v Deportivo & Juventus). Earthquake ?
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GOAL! Suarez equalises for Barcelona!Luis Suarez gets Barca back in the tie after a fine move. Alba's cross/shot is bundled in by the Uruguayan. This second half truly has been all Barcelona. Can 10-man Atletico hang on?
GOAL! Suarez scores for Barcelona!Alves cross, Suarez finds space in the box and his powerful header goes past Oblak. Another Barca goal had been coming.
81 min: Barcelona now controlling the game. Will they get that potentially tie-ending third goal?
87 min: Three minutes of normal time remain. Barcelona have blown Atletico Madrid away after the break. They could have scored four in all honestly.
FULL-TIME: Advantage to Barcelona. What a second half that was for Barca. Atletico just could not get near them after the break (and Torres's red card). The second leg takes place on 13 April.
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