Temi: La Liga, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Athletic Club, Barcelona
Solari's men are now second in La Liga, six points behind Barcelona in the title race.

The Madrid Derby kept fans talking about both Real Madrid and Atlético throughout the weekend, mainly due to the consequences that Los Blancos' win could have in the competition.

Atlético had enjoyed having the second spot in La Liga all to themselves for almost the entire duration of 2019, but Real Madrid's latest surge has seen Solari's men leapfrog their bitter rivals. If Real Madrid needed more good news, Barcelona's draw against Athletic gives them even more hope of recovering the La Liga title, especially with a new El Clásico coming on March 2.

Here's how La Liga's standings look like after 23 games.

Pos.SquadraPGVPSGFGSDRPtForma
1 Real Madrid 31 24 6 1 67 20 +47 78 VVVVP
2 Barcelona 31 21 7 3 62 34 +28 70 VVVVP
3 Girona 31 20 5 6 63 39 +24 65 SVSVS
4 Atlético Madrid 31 19 4 8 59 36 +23 61 VVSSV
5 Athletic Club 31 16 9 6 51 29 +22 57 PSVVP
6 Real Sociedad 31 13 11 7 45 33 +12 50 PVVVS
7 Valencia 31 13 8 10 34 32 +2 47 VVPSV
8 Real Betis 31 11 12 8 38 37 +1 45 VSSSS
9 Villarreal 31 10 9 12 49 54 -5 39 PSVVV
10 Getafe 31 9 12 10 37 43 -6 39 PSVSP
11 Osasuna 31 11 6 14 36 44 -8 39 SVSSV
12 Las Palmas 31 10 7 14 29 35 -6 37 SSSSP
13 Sevilla 31 8 10 13 39 44 -5 34 VVSPV
14 Deportivo Alavés 31 8 8 15 26 38 -12 32 SSSVS
15 Mallorca 31 6 13 12 25 36 -11 31 SPVSV
16 Rayo Vallecano 31 6 13 12 25 38 -13 31 PPVSP
17 Celta de Vigo 31 6 10 15 33 46 -13 28 SPVSV
18 Cádiz 31 4 13 14 21 41 -20 25 SVSVP
19 Granada 31 3 8 20 32 60 -28 17 VSSSS
20 Almería 31 1 11 19 30 62 -32 14 PSVPS

Champions League (fase a gironi)
Europa League (fase a gironi)
Promotion - Europa Conference League (Qualification: )
Relegation - LaLiga2

Gareth Bale celebrates milestone

The Welshman may not have started the game against Los Colchoneros, but he surely found a way to make his presence felt during the derby. Bale scored the final goal for Los Blancos at Wanda Metropolitano, which helped him reach 100 goals for the Spanish giants in all competitions. Captain Sergio Ramos gave him a special gift to commemorate the occasion.

Messi ends La Liga goalscoring streak

His goalscoring antics had ended last Wednesday against Real Madrid, but he confirmed the end of quite a good streak on Sunday's clash against Athletic. During a key moment in the competition, Lionel Messi was not able to score for Barcelona, something that had been quite frequent for five months.

"Lionel Messi's goalscoring streak comes to an end after eight straight La Liga games for Barcelona (the third longest streak in his career)

Ter Stegen, the unbeatable one

Barcelona must thank their goalkeeper for keeping a sizeable gap between themselves and Real Madrid, mainly due to his performance this Sunday. The imperious German has kept Barcelona's defense as one of the best in the league, with one of the lowest amount of goals allowed during the 2018-19 campaign.

Pichichi race

Neither Messi nor Suárez found the back of the net on Sunday, giving those behind them a chance to cut their lead short.

Words of wisdom: Diego Simeone

Most fans were mad for how things ended between Real Madrid and Atlético, since they believed VAR had a hand in Los Blancos' win. Fiery coach Diego Simeone put those arguments to bed with quite an accurate statement after the game.

"I definitely don't think we lost because of VAR. The opposition were better than us and more convincing. They had a very good game. So we congratulate them and prepare for the next one,"Simeone said.