This week's action in La Liga practically erased what happened seven days ago. Atlético is once again behind Barcelona in the tournament's standings after Real Madrid's shocking mishap, which killed all the joy Los Blancos were living in the past weeks.
To make matters worse for Solari's men, Barcelona managed to walk away from Camp Nou with three points, despite one more of Lionel Messi's missed PKs against Valladolid. Now, Los Blancos are nine points behind the league leaders, which hands them a serious blow to their title hopes.
Here's how things look like in La Liga after this weekend's games.
Classmt. | Équipe | J | G | N | P | BP | BC | Diff | TB | Forme | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Real Madrid | 31 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 67 | 20 | +47 | 78 | GGGGN | |
2 | Barcelona | 31 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 34 | +28 | 70 | GGGGN | |
3 | Girona | 31 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 65 | PGPGP | |
4 | Atlético Madrid | 31 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 36 | +23 | 61 | GGPPG | |
5 | Athletic Club | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 57 | NPGGN | |
6 | Real Sociedad | 31 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 50 | NGGGP | |
7 | Valencia | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 47 | GGNPG | |
8 | Real Betis | 31 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 45 | GPPPP | |
9 | Villarreal | 31 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 54 | -5 | 39 | NPGGG | |
10 | Getafe | 31 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 43 | -6 | 39 | NPGPN | |
11 | Osasuna | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 44 | -8 | 39 | PGPPG | |
12 | Las Palmas | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 35 | -6 | 37 | PPPPN | |
13 | Sevilla | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 44 | -5 | 34 | GGPNG | |
14 | Deportivo Alavés | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 32 | PPPGP | |
15 | Mallorca | 31 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 36 | -11 | 31 | PNGPG | |
16 | Rayo Vallecano | 31 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 38 | -13 | 31 | NNGPN | |
17 | Celta de Vigo | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 46 | -13 | 28 | PNGPG | |
18 | Cádiz | 31 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 41 | -20 | 25 | PGPGN | |
19 | Granada | 31 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 60 | -28 | 17 | GPPPP | |
20 | Almería | 31 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 62 | -32 | 14 | NPGNP |
Once again, Lionel Messi's goalscoring prowess made headlines for Barcelona. The Argentine ace may have missed a penalty, but ended up scoring one more to give the Blaugrana side three more points in their quest to maintain the La Liga title.
Leo Messi has now scored 30+ goals in 11 consecutive seasons pic.twitter.com/gStllipP21
— B/R Football (@brfootball) February 17, 2019
Speaking about Real Madrid, Los Blancos suffered their second defeat against Girona in history, but what really stands out is how they have struggled to win games this season when Marcelo is on the pitch. Is his dip in form a sign of things to come?
46.1% - Real Madrid have lost 46.1% of their games with Marcelo Vieira in LaLiga this season (6/13), compared to 9.1% without him (1/11). Strange. pic.twitter.com/FQuejEyIAN
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) February 18, 2019
Elsewhere, Valencia has also earned themselves a little piece of European history. Unfortunately, their feat is not enough to grant them a spot among the top four teams in La Liga. Only Rennes can match their tally this season.
After 24 matches played in La Liga,
— Lavogez (@baby_koke) February 18, 2019
Valencia have 14 draws followed by Athletic club with 12,
Villarreal -11
Eiber -10
Getafe -9
Girona -9
Atleti-8
Leganes-8
Sevilla-7
Sociedad -7
Last, but not least, Antoine Griezmann keeps climbing up the ranks as one of Atlético's most prolific scorers in their history.
130 - Griezmann is the fifth @Atleti's all-time top scorer netting 130 goals. Legend. pic.twitter.com/v1TUFakEYC
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) February 16, 2019
Pichichi race
Lionel Messi's goal extended his lead at the top of the Spanish top flight's goalscoring charts. How many more goals will he score?