Real Madrid is weak in the league title race after Barcelona overturned the result in ”El Clasico”, falling behind by two goals
Barcelona made an excellent comeback victory and defeated Real Madrid 4-3 in the Spanish La Liga on Sunday. With this win in "El Clasico", Barcelona is headed towards the title. Now one win will be enough for him to win the league title.
Barcelona have 82 points from 35 games and 6 at the top. Although Kylian Mbappé scored a brilliant hat-trick from Real, it was not enough to save his team from defeat. Real is second with 75 points. The distance between the two teams is seven points. At the Stadio Olimpico, Real took a two-goal lead within 14 minutes, with Mbappe scoring the first goal from the penalty spot in the fifth minute before adding the second in the 14th minute.
Then Barcelona dominated the game. Eric Garcia scored the first goal in the 19th minute and Lamin Yamal scored in the 32nd minute to tie the game 2-2. Rafinha scored in the 34th minute to put Barcelona ahead for the first time. He also added his second individual goal in the 45th minute. Mbappe completed the hat-trick in the 70th minute.
Before that, Atletico Madrid beat Real Sociedad 4-0 in Saturday's match and with that they strengthened their grip on third place. Atlético have 70 points from 35 games. Sociedad is in 12th place with 43 points. All four goals of the game were in the name of Alexander Sorloth.
The Norwegian player completed his hat-trick within 11 minutes. This is the fastest possible three-goal performance in La Liga history. Previously, in 1929, Charles Bustit of Europe and Mundo of Valencia in 1941 completed the hat-trick within 15 minutes. Sorloth's fourth goal was possible in the 30th minute. Playing for Villarreal last season, Sorloth scored all four goals in a 4-4 draw against Atlético Madrid. Apart from him, Real's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez have scored four goals in one game on two occasions in La Liga history.
