LaLiga 2019/2020: Atletico Madrid 0-1 Barcelona - 5 Talking Points

#3 Marc-Andre ter Stegen shows his class

Teer Stegen pulled off two wonderful saves

Marc-Andre ter Stegen is regularly billed as one of the best goalkeepers in the world and against Atletico Madrid, he reminded everyone of just why he is so highly rated.

The home side were quick to get out of the blocks and mounted the pressure on Barcelona in a bid to get an early goal and the fact that the visitors went into the break level was down to the heroics of their goalkeeper.

Atletico had the first real chance of the game when center-back Felipe drove forward but he was unlucky to see his effort deflected off Junior Firpo onto the post with ter Stegen well beaten.

That was, however, to be the last time that the German international was to be caught out and few minutes later, he pulled off an exceptional save to keep out Felipe after the defender had connected excellently with a lofted ball by Joao Felix.

The shot was at point-blank range with next to no reaction time for ter Stegen and replays perfectly captured Felipe's facial reactions going from elation at scoring to disbelief at the save that the goalkeeper pulled off.

There was an even better save from an Alvaro Morata header later on and Stegen displayed the full extent of his reflexes to keep out the Spaniard when it seemed certain that the ball would nestle in the back of the net after it had bounced off the ground.

Words cannot accurately describe the beauty of the save, but to get an idea, one has to think of the 'greatest save ever made' by Gordon Banks from a Pele header at the 1970 World Cup.

Ultimately, Barcelona rode out the Atletico Madrid storm and held on for the victory but it is highly unlikely that they would have gotten all three points but for the heroics of their goalkeeper.