Barcelona-Atletico thriller sees bet365 pay out on all three results

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid's thrilling 4-4 draw triggered a multi-million-pound payout with bet365 as the 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout offer saw all three results settled as winners.

In the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final, Atletico went 2-0 up inside 10 minutes with Julian Alvarez and Antoine Griezmann finding the net to trigger the first Early Payout of the evening before Barca hit back.

A quick-fire double from Pedri and Pau Cubarsi saw the hosts back on level terms, with Inigo Martinez giving Hansi Flick's side the lead shortly before the break.

Having completed the turnaround, Robert Lewandowski looked to have sealed a first-leg lead for Barca with his 74th-minute strike, only for the visitors to dust themselves down, scoring late through Marcos Llorente, with Alexander Sorloth scoring a stoppage-time equaliser.

Things could hardly be tighter at the top of La Liga, with Barcelona and Real Madrid separated by goal difference, and Atletico one point behind, and the Copa del Rey semi-final couldn't be more finely poised ahead of next week's second leg, with Atletico 19/20 to qualify, a fraction bigger than Barcelona at 4/5.

bet365's Sports and Trading expert Steve Freeth said: "A cup tie featuring two teams fighting it out at the top of La Liga was always going see plenty of turnover and those bet365 customers who backed Atletico to repeat their away win at Barcelona just before Christmas were celebrating after just six minutes by not only being paid out on singles, but a tick in their multiples and Bet Builders too.

"Favourite backers had to wait their turn to be paid out, with Lewandowski doing the business on the 74th minute and then we had the two late goals from Llorente and Sorloth to seal a night where punters had it all ways.

"While our 2 Goals Ahead Early Payout offer often sees us paying out early on teams taking a two-goal lead, it's not unusual for us to pay out on two results, with teams fighting back to draw or even win.

"But, as we did when Southampton and Liverpool played out a 4-4 draw on the final day of the 22/23 season, and again on Tuesday night, we can also pay out on all three results.

"There are several million reasons why we think this is the best offer out there..."

Liam Williams

• FC Barcelona
• Atletico Madrid
• Copa del Rey
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