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Atletico still lead the standings on 26 points, while Real climbed to third and closed the gap on their city rivals to three points, although Diego Simeone's side has a game in hand.
Torres became the second high-profile Spaniard to head to Japan after Andres Iniesta.
First El Clasico of the season to be played on the weekend of October 27-28.
Atletico Madrid joined Barca on 15 points after scraping a 1-0 win at home to Real Betis with a late strike from substitute Angel Correa to climb above Real Madrid into third.
Atletico Madrid's La Liga title ambitions suffered a setback on Sunday when they drew 1-1 away at Girona.
Atletico have four points from their opening three games and are already five adrift of local rivals Real in the title race.
Julen Lopetegui's Real were tested by Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu, with Borja Iglesias hitting the crossbar, but held on for the victory.
Dembele's late contribution stopped Barcelona from falling to a second consecutive defeat and kept them one point ahead of their opponents at the summit.
Atletico have failed to win their three games at Leganes since the latter were promoted to the top flight for the first time in 2016.
Karim Benzema fired Real Madrid to a 1-0 win in the city derby against Atletico Madrid on Saturday which underlined Real's La Liga title credentials.
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