A stunning Lamine Yamal strike helped crown Barcelona La Liga champions with a 2-0 win at local rivals Espanyol on Thursday
In the 16th minute, referee Cuadra Fernandez was forced to activate the anti-racism protocol for insults to Bilbao forward Maroan Sannadi and reported by his teammate Inaki Williams.
Real Madrid stumbled to a shock 1-0 defeat at struggling Espanyol on Sunday which left them leading La Liga by a single point.
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Kylian Mbappe's return to form has come at a time when Vinicius Junior has also been missing, first through injury and then a ban in La Liga too after a red card against Valencia in January.
Dani Olmo scored twice on his first start as he comes back from injury as Barcelona beat local rivals Espanyol 3-1 on Sunday
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After going down 1-0, Real Madrid roared back to a 4-1 win courtesy of goals from Dani Carvajal, Rodrygo, Vinicius Jr and Kylian Mbappe.
Robert Lewandowski struck twice for Barcelona, along with goals for Alejandro Balde and Jules Kounde, while Javi Puado and Joselu pulled two back late on for the hosts.
After Real Madrid beat Getafe on Saturday they overtook Atletico by two points. Diego Simeone's side are no longer mathematically in contention to win La Liga
Espanyol striker Joselu headed against the post before the hour mark, and then had a goal disallowed for offside.
Real Madrid came from behind to beat Espanyol 3-1 and cut Barcelona's lead to six points at the top of La Liga.
Barcelona visit Athletic Bilbao on Sunday as they bid to preserve or even extend their nine point lead on Real Madrid, who host Espanyol Saturday -- in their last league matches before the Clasico at Camp Nou on March 19
Barcelona stumbled in the Spanish title race with a 1-1 draw against rivals Espanyol in a bad-tempered Catalan derby on Saturday
Real Madrid secured a 35th La Liga title on Saturday with four games to spare after a 4-0 home win over Espanyol.
Real Madrid will win La Liga at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday if they avoid defeat against Espanyol as Carlo Ancelotti's side look to secure the Spanish title before facing Manchester City in the Champions League next week
Barcelona started and finished strongly on Sunday night but sagged in between and drew 2-2 at neighbours Espanyol to cling on to fourth place in La Liga.
Real Madrid slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Espanyol on Sunday as Carlo Ancelotti's side followed up a shock Champions League reverse with their first Liga defeat of the season.