After a scoreless draw between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou, Real Madrid were the major winners.
In an encounter vital in La Liga’s title race, neither side could find a winning goal, giving Los Blancos’ the edge in the title race ahead of their match with fourth-placed Sevilla on Sunday.
Barcelona dominated the ball, but they were unable to find a way through Atletico Madrid’s well-drilled defence, although both team has chances, with Marc-Andre ter Stegen assuring himself of a prominent place on the highlight reel with a string of fine saves.
But who else starred?
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Argentina
Of course it was Lionel Messi who was Barcelona’s main danger throughout this encounter. His biggest chance came four minutes before the break, but he saw his effort snuffed out by Jan Oblak.
Midway through the second half, meanwhile, the Argentine sent a dangerous free kick bending towards the visiting side’s goal only for the Slovak goalkeeper to make another block.
Midway through the second half, meanwhile, the Argentine sent a dangerous free kick bending towards the visiting side’s goal only for the Slovak goalkeeper to make another block.
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Germany
Ter-Stegen was Barcelona’s key figure, posting an 8.6 FC Rating. It was not so much the quality of work that he had to produce that was eye catching, but rather the volume of it.
Particularly in the first half, he was regularly tested by the visiting side and in the first 10 minutes alone he had to deny by Thomas Lemar and Luis Suarez.
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Slovenia
Oblak did not just make it his mission to deny Messi – the giant custodian made a string of fine saves to thwart Barcelona’s attempts to take command of the title race. His two stops from the Argentine were his outstanding contributions, but he made seven saves overall as he chalked up another impressive clean sheet.
