India, April 6 -- Barcelona came from behind away from home to beat 10-man Atletico Madrid 2-1 and take a big step toward winning La Liga after Real Madrid lost at Mallorca.

It was the first of three matches between the teams in 10 days. Barcelona and Atletico will meet twice more in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

They also met in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey in February and March when Atletico advanced to the final 4-3 on aggregate. The Spanish rivals will face each other five times in less than two months.

"We are happy with the victory," Barcelona's Dani Olmo said. "We hadn't forgotten the last Copa match here ... we wanted to win and get the three points, which were very important."

Robert Lewandowski scored the ...