Diego Simeone has warned Barcelona that Atletico Madrid will not give up the fight for the La Liga title following their 4-0 defeat of Deportivo Alaves.
Atleti closed the gap to the leaders back to 10 points with an emphatic win at Mendizorroza, after Barca had beaten Espanyol 2-0 earlier on Saturday.
And Simeone insists they still believe in their title chances, with the top-two meeting at Camp Nou next Saturday.
"What was most pleasing was they understood where we could hurt the opposition the most," he said after the win at Alaves. "We aim to harm the opposition and not take long to create dangerous passes. We had to play quickly.
"In principle, the players needed a game like that, at a stadium where the opponents compete well. The conviction and the way we won makes us very happy.
"We can't lose sight of the fact that, at any point in La Liga, competing is in our nature. And we want to compete for La Liga until our last breath."
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