La Liga

So the unbeaten run finally comes to an end. 40 games they went without defeat but finally Real Madrid’s have lost and it happened in dramatic circumstances. There was almost a hint of irony as it was in Sevilla just a few days prior that Karim Benzema scored a late …

Barcelona bounced back from dropping further ground in the title race to Real Madrid last weekend with a 5 star performance at home to Las Palmas yesterday. The Catalan giants now find themselves 2 points behind Real but Los Blancos have two games in hand are right now are simply …

Barcelona have lost further ground in the race for La Liga and finish the weekend in 3rd place after rescuing a late point away at Villarreal. The Yellow Submarine will rue the fact that they dropped two points to move back into the Top 4 but the draw will arguably …

Atletico Madrid have moved back into the Champions League places with a comfortable 2-0 win over Eibar yesterday. Diego Simeone’s side have lost ground in terms of the title race and with Real Madrid brushing past all that try and get between them you would have to say that Atleti’s …

Sevilla moved into 2nd in the La Liga standings for 24 hours at least with an impressive win over Real Sociedad. The Anoeta can be a difficult place to go but there were no such concerns for Jorge Sampaoli’s side as they strolled to victory in the Basque Region last …

Real Madrid once again made history yesterday as they continued their current winning run to 39 matches, a now joint record winning streak in all competitions for a La Liga side. Los Blancos now share this particular record with their arch rivals Barcelona and they did so in emphatic fashion. …

Honours even in Saturday’s El Clasico but Barcelona will still be reeling from the fact that they should have cut Real Madrid’s lead at the top of La Liga to three points. A cagey first half saw few real chances of note. Real Madrid should have had a penalty early …

Atletico Madrid returned to winnings ways and subsequently moved back into the Champions League places yesterday with a comfortable 3-0 win over Osasuna. Osasuna did have the perfect opportunity to go ahead when they were awarded a penalty but Jan Oblak was once again the hero as he kept out …

There was more La Liga misery for Barcelona last night as they were held to a draw by Real Sociedad at The Anoeta. Luis Enrique’s side were outplayed for large portions of the game and found themselves behind soon after the restart when Willian Jose added another goal to his …

Real Madrid asserted their dominance at the top of La Liga with a win against Sporting Gijon yesterday but they were certainly made to work for it. Many would have felt that this would be a routine win considering Sporting conceded 10 when these two met at The Bernabeu last …