YANNICK CARRASCO scored after defensive blunders as Atletico Madrid ended a decade-long winless streak against Barcelona in the Spanish league with a 1-0 victory Saturday.

“We are very happy to have won, it had been a long time without a victory against Barca,” Carrasco said.

As well as the match, Barcelona also lost captain Gerard Pique to a right-knee sprain early in the second half.

The win gave Atletico a nine-point advantage over Barcelona after eight matches. Diego Simeone’s team is level with Real Sociedad at the top of the standings with 20 points and has a game in hand. Sociedad visits promoted Cadiz on Sunday.

Barcelona dropped to 10th place, staying with 11 points.

Atletico hadn’t beaten Barcelona in the league since a 2-1 win in February 2010. The teams had played 20 matches since then, with Barcelona winning 14 times.

Barcelona had been the last team to beat Atletico at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in the Spanish capital, winning 1-0 last December in the Spanish league. (SD-Agencies)