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Article: Barcelona beats Atletico Madrid to remain top of Primera Liga
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 19, 2009
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Barcelona beats Atletico Madrid to remain top of Primera Liga
MADRID, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona handed out a 5-2
punishment to Atletico Madrid in the Camp Nou Stadium to remain top
of the Primera Liga on Saturday night.
Leo Messi celebrated his new contract with the club with two
goals and a pass that set up Seydou Keita for the fourth goal.
Zlatan Ibrahimovich opened the scoring for Barcelona after just
two minutes. The big Swede scored his third goal in three games
following a pass from Sergio Busquets.
Messi made it 2-0 after 15 minutes before Dani Alves scored a
direct free kick just before the half hour.
Keita made it 4-0 after brilliant work from Messi on the left,
four ...