Good evening and welcome to live text coverage of the mouthwatering Champions League, quarter-final first-leg encounter between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid at the Camp Nou.

RATINGS: BARCELONA: Pinto 6, Alves 6, Piqué 5, Mascherano 6, Alba 6, Busquets 6, Xavi 6, Cesc 6, Iniesta 7, Neymar 7, Messi 7. Subs: Bartra 7, Sanchez 7./// ATLETICO MADRID: Courtois 9, Juanfran 7, Godín 8, Miranda 7, Filipe Luis 8, Gabi 7, Tiago 7, Koke 7, Turan 6, Villa 5, Diego Costa 5. Subs: Diego 7, Sosa 6, Rodriguez 5.

MOTM: Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid): The giant stopper had little to do in the early stages but as Barcelona lay siege to the Atletico goal late on, he produced three world-class saves to secure a hard-fought draw for his side.

FT: Barca 1-1 Atletico. A stunning equaliser from Neymar cancels out Diego's wonderstrike as the two teams draw for the fourth time this season.

Sosa booked for the foul on Neymar and the free kick comes to nothing.

A tired touch from Sosa sees Neymar steal the ball and win a free kick on the left just outside the area. Big chance for barcelona to fire it into the mix.

Alexis breaks into the area but delays his shot and the chance goes begging.

It's whipped into the area again but this time Atletico get a head on it and win a free kick following a foul from Bartra.

Two banks of four greet Barca as they look for the winner. A hopeful ball into the area is chased by Neymar who makes something of it and wins a cheap free kick.

That now changes as a long ball over the top forces Pinto out of his area to head for an Atletico throw. Some respite would be welcome here for Simeone and co.

The corner comes to nothing, but Barcelona pick up possession straight away and come again. No Atletico player in the Barca half.

ANOTHER FINE SAVE! Messi curls the free kick over the wall and towards the corner but Courtois is there once again to tip it away.

Chance here. Koke commits a silly foul 25-30 yards out, just right of centre.

POSSESSION: Barca 66 per cent - Atletico 34 per cent.

And still it's Barcelona on the attack...

Another Barcelona free kick is swung in by Xavi but again it's easily dealt with by Atletico who have a commanding height advantage over their hosts.

PHOTO: Diego celebrates the opener.

BOOKING: Diego picks up Atletico's fifth yellow for lunging in with two feet.

More Barcelona pressure ends with Sanchez's cross being acrobatically volleyed clear by Diego. It's all hands to the pump for the away side.

ATLETICO sub: Turan replaced by Cristian Rodriguez.

After all of the frustration, the crowd are right behind their side now. Roar after roar of approval is spurring the hosts on.