Atletico Madrid are the architects of their own downfall at the moment.

Gabi gives the ball away on the edge of his own box and Luis Suarez picks up the scraps with a low shot from eight yards out, but Jose Gimenez recovers brilliantly with a goal-saving block for his side.

The game getting a little fractious, the referee pulls another yellow card out in the direction of Sime Vrsaljko for a trip on Lionel Messi.

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Lionel Messi hits the deck and clashing with Atletico Madrid full-back Filipe Luis.

The Barcelona goalscorer comes off worse...

...and gets booked for a late challenge on the former Chelsea defender.

A good spot that from the referee.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi is beginning to find his groove and is chopped down 25 yards out by Thomas Partey.

Free-kick in a dangerous position...

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Barca skipper Andres Iniesta has a problem here, he is hold his hip and not moving too freely.

The midfielder takes some treatment from the physio before hobbling back on.

Ah, first effort from Atletico Madrid.

Thomas Partey tries one from long range, it is not a bad strike but drifts a yard wide of goal.

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What a genius Lionel Messi is.

He surrounded by four Atletico Madrid players who sprint in like a pack of dogs to close him down.

Messi, though, is too clever, shifting the ball quickly from right to left and wriggling away from danger.

His finish is poor compared to his high standards, a low strike straight down the throat of Jan Oblak.

The Barcelona fans are making plenty of noise but their side are finding it difficult to breach this solid wall of yellow.

A quarter of an hour gone and Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen is yet to touch the ball.

Now then. Free-kick for Barcelona on the angle of the area after a rash Gabi challenge, but Lionel Messi's free-kick is straight into the wall.

Atletico Madrid strikers Diego Costa and Antoine Griezmann have not had a sniff of the ball yet.

All the play is coming in that Barcelona attacking third.

Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak does not look to comfortable when he comes hurtling off his line towards an Andres Iniesta cross and makes a hash of his attempted punch on the ball.

Luckily for the Slovenian, the referee blows for a foul.

Barcelona doing the early running and are seeing a lot of the Atletico Madrid final third.

The away side fail to clear a corner and are relieved to see a shot ricochet off centre-back Diego Godin and straight into the grasp of goalkeeper Jan Oblak.

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Andres Iniesta has been linked with a reunion with former manager Pep Guardiola at Manchester City in the morning papers.

At 33, he is still waving that magic wand of his.

The Spaniard breaks through the centre of the park and drills a shot from the edge of the area which is deflected away from goal.

Hello.

Two minutes in and we have our first tasty challenge.

Atletico full-back Sime Vrsaljko going in late on Andres Iniesta and sending the Barcelona midfielder tumbling to the deck.

The visiting players looking to get stuck in early on.

This should be an absolute cracker.

First v second, Barcelona v Atletico Madrid in La Liga is under way.

Barcelona have 12 players on the pitch at the moment, full-back Jordi Alba has brought a little baby in a Barca kit onto the pitch.

Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Alaba, Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, Coutinho, Suarez, Messi.

Atletico Madrid XI: Oblak, Vrsaljko, Gimenez, Godin, Luis, Saul, Gabi, Thomas, Koke, Griezmann, Costa.