Barcelona extended its undefeated run to 16 league matches to keep the pressure on Atlético a day before it hosts third-place Real Madrid in a Spanish capital derby.
The Madrid giants needed an 89th-minute equaliser by Vinícius Júnior to salvage the draw.
An own-goal by Alfonso Pedraza in the first half and a goal by forward Joao Felix in the second helped Atletico end a three-game winless streak.
Barcelona will meet Sevilla again on Wednesday needing to overcome a 2-0 first-leg loss in the return leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal.
Barcelona will visit Sevilla on Saturday with the team in third place, five points adrift of leader Atlético Madrid.
Barcelona move back to third place in the league standings, two points behind second-place Real Madrid and five from leader Atlético Madrid.
The hard-fought win came after Atletico Madrid fell at home to Levante 2-0; Barcelona take on Cadiz today.
Madrid's third straight league victory left Zidane’s team five points behind Atlético, which won 2-1 at Granada on Saturday and has two games in hand.
Benzema and Ferland Mendy scored in the second half as Madrid went on to win for the third time in four games in the Spanish league.
The draw moved Atletico eight points clear of Barcelona and Real Madrid with a game in hand.
Varane scored twice in the second half to help the defending champions come from behind to win at last-placed Huesca 2-1 in the Spanish league on Saturday.
None of Real Madrid and Barcelona made a deadline day transfer with the latter mired in political turmoil, being led by a caretaker board that can't make many decisions regarding transfers.
Madrid giants lost 2-1 at home to Levante in a match that the defending champions played with 10 men from the eighth minute when defender Eder Militao was sent off.
Coming from behind for a second straight time, Atletico Madrid defeated Valencia 3-1 to strengthen its hold on the league with a 7-point lead.
Eden Hazard scored and set up Karim Benzema for his first of two goals as Real Madrid eased to a 4-1 victory at Alavés.
Kubo set up a goal after coming off the bench in his first match since joining Getafe on a loan from Real Madrid; Getafe overwhelm Elche 3-1.
Slots an outrageous free-kick from underneath jumping Granada defenders despite a man guarding the wall to block such shot in Barcelona's 4-0 win; Messi and Griezmann scores brace in the win.
Griezmann scored a brace and set up Lionel Messi for one of the Argentine’s two goals on Saturday to lead Barcelona to a 4-0 win at Granada.
After PCR tests carried out today Monday two members of the football first team staff have returned positives for Covid-19.
Lionel Messi set up Frenkie de Jong for a goal to help earn a 1-0 win at Huesca on Sunday in the Argentine great’s 750th overall appearance for Barcelona and his 500th in the Spanish league.
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