Madrid, April 9 -- Goals from Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth gave Atletico Madrida 2-0 win away to Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League quarterfinal.
The result puts Atletico in firm control of the tie and marks a sharp reversal from Barcelona's 2-1 win in La Liga between the sides just days earlier, with Diego Simeone's team surviving early pressure before capitalizing on a numerical advantage throughout the second half.
Barcelona started brightly at Camp Nou, with goalkeeper Juan Musso twice denying Marcus Rashford in an open, high-tempo opening on Wednesday. At the other end, Joan Garcia produceda save to keep out Alvarez.
Barcelona thought they had taken the lead when Lamine Yamal set up Rashford to score, but t...