La Liga points table: Karim Benzema scored a brace and Asensio scored in injury time to guarantee a win for Real Madrid against Celta Vigo. Barcelona defeated Real Sociedad 1-6 away, Messi, and Dest scored a brace.
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi overtook former player Xavi to set a new club record of 768 appearances in a Barca shirt.
Messi had equalled Xavi’s appearance record for Barcelona on March 16 and surpassed the latter’s tally on Monday when he stepped out to play against Real Sociedad in La
Atletico Madrid defeated Deportivo Alaves 1-0, Luis Suarez scored the only goal in the match in the 54th minute.
La Liga points table: FC Barcelona registered a behemoth 1-6 win against Sociedad. Antoine Greizmann scored the first goal of the match, Dest, and Messi scored a brace and Dembele got 1 goal.
La Liga points table: Facebook announces, ‘will not renew La Liga deal in India’
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La Liga Latest Points Table
| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atletico Madrid | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 18 | 33 | 66 | |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 23 | 26 | 60 | |
| 3 | Barcelona | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 23 | 38 | 59 | |
| 4 | Sevilla | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 55 | |
| 5 | Real Sociedad | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 22 | 21 | 45 | |
| 6 | Real Betis | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 41 | -3 | 45 | |
| 7 | Villarreal | 28 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 43 | |
| 8 | Granada | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 46 | -12 | 36 | |
| 9 | Athletic Bilbao | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 35 | |
| 10 | Levante | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 35 | |
| 11 | Celta Vigo | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 43 | -8 | 34 | |
| 12 | Valencia | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 38 | -4 | 33 | |
| 13 | Osasuna | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 35 | -12 | 30 | |
| 14 | Getafe | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 29 | |
| 15 | Cadiz | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 44 | -20 | 29 | |
| 16 | Real Valladolid | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 27 | |
| 17 | Elche | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 42 | -17 | 25 | |
| 18 | Eibar | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 33 | -11 | 23 | |
| 19 | Alaves | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 44 | -21 | 23 | |
| 20 | SD Huesca | 28 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 44 | -18 | 21 |
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