Fermín López scores twice as Barcelona come from behind to beat Atlético Madrid

Fermín López scored twice as Barcelona came from behind to beat Atlético Madrid 2-1 on Sunday, 8 November 2026.

The match was played at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Atlético's stadium in Madrid. It was a La Liga fixture, the Spanish top division, and it counted as Matchday 12. A matchday is one round of league games, and every club plays once in each round.

Barcelona trailed at one point and still found a way back. López, a midfielder, scored both of the goals that turned the game. BBC Sport carried video of the match, and LaLiga's match listing notes that López's goal came from a right-footed shot from the centre of the box.

The result moved Barcelona three points clear at the top of the table, according to AFP. Three points is the gap that a win gives over a draw, and it matters a lot in a long league season. Atlético lost the game, so they stayed where they were in the standings.

Gavi came on for López during the match. Gavi is a Barcelona midfielder who has spent much of his career recovering from serious knee injuries, and the substitution was one of the team changes in the second half.

Barcelona's own website called the match report "Comeback to stay top." The club's wording makes the point plainly. They were behind, they needed a response, and they kept their place at the summit. FC Barcelona published the report on 8 November.

For anyone new to the game, a double means one player scoring twice in the same match. A comeback means a team recovers from a deficit to win. Both are rare enough to make a match memorable, and both happened here in the same afternoon.

For Atlético, the defeat leaves them with plenty of football still to play this season. For Barcelona, the win was about more than the three points. Staying top after going behind on a hard away ground is the kind of result that gives a squad confidence in the weeks ahead.