Barcelona crowned La Liga champions after cruising to El Clasico win

Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior looks dejected as the FC Barcelona players celebrate after winning the LaLiga (Reuters)
  • Barcelona clinched their 29th LaLiga title on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over rivals Real Madrid to open an unassailable 14-point lead at the top of the table with three games remaining.
  • Real needed a win at Camp Nou to delay the celebrations but fell behind in the ninth minute when Marcus Rashford curled a free kick into the top corner.
  • Ferran Torres doubled the lead in the 18th minute, finishing a slick move involving Fermin Lopez and Dani Olmo with a fierce strike from inside the box.
  • Hansi Flick’s side moved to 91 points, with Real on 77 and Villarreal third on 69; Barcelona secured back-to-back league titles, capping a dominant campaign in which they have lost only four league matches.
  • The 61-year-old German coach was in the dugout hours after the Catalan giants announced his father had died.
In full