La Real is still sixth, but Barça and Atlético escape

The best thing that has happened to Real on this day is that they have managed to stay in sixth place despite being beaten at the Bernabéu. Villarreal’s defeat against Osasuna (1-0) allows those from Imanol continue clinging to a continental square, although things are beginning to clear up and gain a certain normality at the top.

The victories of Barcelona in Elche (1-2) and Atlético at Betis (1-3) make them distance themselves and dismount the Verdiblancos from the Champions positions. Barça and Atlético, third and fourth, go to 48 points, four more than Real, with one game less in the case of the culé. Betis is fifth with only two points more than the txuri urdin (46).

Below, Villarreal continues with two fewer and Athletic could get back to four if they beat Levante. Valencia, despite winning, is eight.