Welcome to live text commentary of the crunch La Liga encounter between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou.

And there goes the full time whistle. A superb win for Barcelona as they took control of the game in the second half while the away side's performance levels completely dropped.

Villa shoots from distance but his effort deflects over the bar for a corner.

Two minutes of injury time to be played.

It really was terrible play from Atletico.

Messi gets his second as he takes advantage of some sloppy play from Atletico and dinks the ball over Courtois after dispossessing Godin.

The answer is no as Valdes comes and claims the corner with ease.

Atletico win a corner. Can they force anything from this? That would make it interesting.

Thiago goes into the book for Barcelona after a strong challenge on Gabi.

Dani Alves comes on for Adriano who has had a great game. Top goal as well.

Atletico probing the Barca defence for the first time in a long while but they have little luck in getting anywhere.

Barca are playing this game at their own pace, passing it around and making Atletico work.

Alba and Villa combine well but the striker's touch just lets him down and the move comes to an end. Unlucky.

Busquets tees up Iniesta on the edge of the box. His effort takes a deflection off Miranda but Courtois makes the stop with his legs.

Villa comes on for Pedro. He has worked hard tonight.

Iniesta gets forward down the left and does well to win his side the corner.

David Villa looks as if he is about to come on.

Adriano does well to get forward down the right. He sends a ball into the box but Atletico head clear.

Thiago Alcantara comes on for Sanchez. The Chilean has had a quiet night tonight.

Atletico with 11 men behind the ball now. They are really struggling.

Barca still passing it around patiently. Iniesta has been key in most of his side's attacks.