Barcelona’s Lionel Messi celebrates after scoring during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Spain, Saturday Sept. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Madrid: Lionel Messi celebrated the birth of his second son by coming off the bench to score the winner as Barcelona came from behind to claim a vital 2-1 win away at Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
Real Madrid remain two points behind Barca at the top of the table after Cristiano Ronaldo became the club's all-time leading scorer in La Liga with five goals in a 6-0 rout of Espanyol.
Messi started on the sidelines having missed training on Friday to attend the birth, a day after returning from Argentina international duty.
However, he was still to make the decisive contribution as he nonchalantly flicked home the winner 11 minutes from time after Neymar had cancelled out Fernando Torres's opener.
"When we have the best on the field, we all play better," Neymar said about Messi.
"I am happy to win the game and principally to score the goal. It was important to equalise quickly."
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