Topics: 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.TeamMPWDLGFGAGDPForm
1 Real Madrid 32 25 6 1 70 22 +48 81 WWWWW
2 Barcelona 32 21 7 4 64 37 +27 70 LWWWW
3 Girona 32 21 5 6 67 40 +27 68 WLWLW
4 Atlético Madrid 32 19 4 9 59 38 +21 61 LWWLL
5 Athletic Club 32 16 10 6 52 30 +22 58 DDLWW
6 Real Sociedad 32 13 12 7 46 34 +12 51 DDWWW
7 Real Betis 32 12 12 8 40 38 +2 48 WWLLL
8 Valencia 32 13 8 11 35 34 +1 47 LWWDL
9 Villarreal 32 11 9 12 51 55 -4 42 WDLWW
10 Getafe 32 9 13 10 38 44 -6 40 DDLWL
11 Osasuna 32 11 6 15 37 46 -9 39 LLWLL
12 Sevilla 32 9 10 13 41 45 -4 37 WWWLD
13 Las Palmas 32 10 7 15 30 39 -9 37 LLLLL
14 Deportivo Alavés 32 9 8 15 28 38 -10 35 WLLLW
15 Rayo Vallecano 32 7 13 12 27 39 -12 34 WDDWL
16 Mallorca 32 6 13 13 26 38 -12 31 LLDWL
17 Celta de Vigo 32 7 10 15 37 47 -10 31 WLDWL
18 Cádiz 32 4 13 15 22 45 -23 25 LLWLW
19 Granada 32 3 9 20 33 61 -28 18 DWLLL
20 Almería 32 1 11 20 31 64 -33 14 LDLWD

Champions League (Group Stage)
Europa League (Group Stage)
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.