Atletico Madrid edged their way into the Champions League semi-finals despite going down 2-1 to a resurgent Barcelona on Tuesday.

Trailing 2-0 from last week's first leg, the Blaugrana, who ended the contest at the Metropolitano with 10 men, fought back bravely, but Ademola Lookman's goal was enough to seal a 3-2 aggregate win for Atletico.

Lamine Yamal fired off a warning shot in the opening two minutes, and the youngster took full advantage of his next chance, calmly slotting under Juan Musso after racing onto Ferran Torres' pass.

Ferran went from provider to scorer in the 24th minute, lashing in brutally to drag Barca level in the tie.

Fermin Lopez looked set to put Barca ahead on aggregate when he met a cross from the right, but he could not beat the advancing Musso, with the Spain international taking an accidental boot to the face to compound his frustration.

Atletico made their luck count in the 31st minute, with Marcos Llorente driving down the right and squaring it perfectly for Lookman, who drilled home first time.

Barca thought they had drawn level once more when Ferran hammered beyond Musso early in the second half, but he had just strayed offside before Gavi's shot deflected into his path.

And Barca's task was made much harder in the 79th minute as, after a VAR check, Eric Garcia was sent off for the denial of a goalscoring opportunity, having hauled down substitute Alexander Sorloth.

Ronald Araujo looked all set to send the game to extra time in the dying stages, only to head over from six yards out.

Data Debrief: Lookman outshines Lamine's slice of history

On his 150th appearance for Barca in all competitions, Yamal started in inspired fashion. His goal, timed at 3:51, was Barcelona's earliest strike in a Champions League knockout stage match since Lionel Messi scored against Chelsea in the round of 16 in March 2018 (02:06).

It took Yamal on to 20 goal involvements in the Champions League. At the age of 18 years and 275 days, he is the youngest player to hit this milestone in the competition's history.

Yet it was ultimately Lookman who had the final say. He has now been directly involved in nine goals in 17 Atletico appearances. Since the forward's debut for the club in February, only Julian Alvarez (11) has more goal contributions for Diego Simeone's team.

Hansi Flick was left seething by Garcia's red card, and the German may well see that as the real turning point, but ill-discipline again came back to cost the Blaugrana. Barca have received a red card in both legs of a Champions League knockout round tie for the first time.

Atletico just about did enough in a typically dogged display. Although Simeone's men did match Barca for shots (15 each), the Blaugrana created chances worth 2.28 expected goals to their hosts' 1.71.