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La Liga: Sevilla climb up to fourth place with win over Almeria

Barcelona responded to a turbulent week by producing one of their best performances of the season to beat champions Atletico Madrid 3-1 at the Nou Camp.

Neymar put the hosts ahead after 12 minutes and Luis Suarez doubled their advantage before the break.

Mario Mandzukic pulled one back for Diego Simeone's side after Lionel Messi had given away a penalty but the Argentinian sealed the points for the Catalans late on with a close-range finish.

It was a fitting way for Barcelona's all-time top scorer to round off a superb performance and draw a line under a week of uncertainty following Luis Enrique's decision to leave him out of the starting line-up for last week's 1-0 defeat at Real Sociedad.

Barcelona failed to beat Atletico on any of the six occasions the two teams met last season, but it was clear with even only a few minutes on the clock that they were not going to be denied victory this time.

Sevilla climbed up to fourth place in the Primera Division standings thanks to a 2-0 away win at Almeria on Sunday.

Vicente Iborra opened the scoring for the visitors in the 58th minute before Coke wrapped up the points with Sevilla's second goal five minutes later.

The result puts Los Rojiblancos two points behind third-placed Atletico Madrid, while Almeria remained just two points clear of the bottom three.

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