The Spanish La Liga after Round 23 – Not much has changed. Still Atletico Madrid’s title to lose.

LA LIGA

Atletico Madrid back to winning ways. They are top of the pile with two games in hand.

LEADING GOAL SCORERS
Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid) – 16 goals
Lionel Messi (Sevilla) – 15 goals
Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) – 13 goals
Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla) – 13 goals
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 12 goals

CELTA VIGO 3-1 ELCHE
Goal Scorers – Celta Vigo – Santi Mina 45′ 68′ Brais Mendez 45+2′
Goal Scorers – Elche – Emiliano Ariel Rigoni 50′

GRANADA 1-2 ATLÉTICO MADRID
Goal Scorers – Granada – Yangel Herrara 66′
Goal Scorers – Atlético Madrid -Marco Llorente 63′ Angel Correa 74′

SEVILLA 1-0 HUESCA
Goal Scorers – Sevilla -Munir El Haddadi 57′

EIBAR 1-1 REAL VALLADOLID
Goal Scorers – Eibar – Kike 23′
Goal Scorers – Real Valladolid – roque Mesa 7′(pen)

BARCELONA 5-1 ALAVES
Goal Scorers – Barcelona – Trincao 29′ 74′ Lionel Messi 45+1′ 75′ Junor Firpo 80′
Goal Scorers – Alavés – Luis Roja 57′

GETAFE 0-1 REAL SOCIEDAD
Goal Scorers – Real Sociedad – Alexander Isak 30′

REAL MADRID 2-0 VALENCIA
Goal Scorers – Real Madrid – Karim Benzema 12′ Toni Kroos 42′

LEVANTE 0-1 OSASUNA
Goal Scorers – Osasuna – Ante Budimir 74′

VILLARREAL 1-2 REAL BETIS
Goal Scorers – Villarreal – Gerard Moreno 65′(pen)
Goal Scorers – Real Betis – Nabil Fekir 45′ Emierson 52′

CADIZ 0-4 ATHLETIC CLUB
Goal Scorers – Athletico Club – Alex Berenguer 4′ 29′ Unai Lopez 15′ Inkai Williams 52′

Santi Mina scored two goals as Celta Vigo opened the round with a 3-1 win at home against Elche.

Atletico Madrid bounced back from points dropped against Celta Vigo with a win at Granada.
Angel Correa scored to restore Atletico Madrid’s lead after Yangel Herrara scored to cancel out the lead Marcos Llorente had given Atletico in the 63rd-minute.

Munir El Haddadi’s goal separated Sevilla from bottom table Huesca.

Eibar and Valladolid shared the points in their relegation avoidance battle. Both teams remain tied on points.

Francisco Trincao and Lionel Messi scored a brace each to get Barcelona to the three points at home against Alaves. It finished 5-1 with Junior Firpo capping the scoring for the match and for Barcelona.

It was a narrow win but a consecutive league victory for Real Sociedad. A ‘1-0’ win away against Getafe allowed Real Sociedad to kick off a positive streak.

Real Madrid got the job done in the opening half with a two goal lead that went on to seal a win at home against Valencia.

Ante Budeimir’s 74th minute goal held to give Osasuna a win at Levante. Jose Morales failed to convert a penalty opportunity into the equalizing goal to earn Levante a deserved point.

Real Betis bounced from defeat to Barcelona with a win at Villarreal. The 2-1 win allowed Betis to narrow the gap between the two teams to three points.

Alex Berenguer scored two as Athletic Club won 4-0 at Cadiz. It’s four straight defeats for Cadiz. Four straight games lost by 3+ goals. Three straight games of conceding 4 goals.