Barcelona secure La Liga title with 4 games left

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Barcelona's players celebrate winning their 27th Spanish league championship after the Spanish league football match between RCD Espanyol and FC Barcelona at the RCDE Stadium in Cornella de Llobregat on May 14, 2023. Barcelona won Spain's La Liga for the first time since 2019 by thrashing Espanyol 4-2 today, wrestling the title from rivals Real Madrid. The Catalan giants clinched their 27th Spanish championship with an emphatic derby victory, with Robert Lewandowski scoring twice, alongside Alejandro Balde and Jules Kounde's goals. (Photo by Lluis GENE / AFP)

MADRID, Spain - FC Barcelona secured this season's La Liga title in emphatic style with four games left this season, thanks to a 4-2 win away against local rivals Espanyol on Sunday night, reported Xinhua.

Robert Lewandowski put Barcelona ahead after just 10 minutes, and Alejandro Balde doubled the lead with a far-post volley nine minutes later before Lewandowski's second of the match made it 3-0 in the 40th minute.

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Jules Kounde nodded in Barca's fourth eight minutes into the second half after getting on the end of a Frenkie de Jong cross. Javi Puado pulled a goal back for Espanyol in the 73rd minute, and Joselu netted a second in injury time, but it was too late for Espanyol.

The result leaves Xavi Hernandez's side with 84 points from 34 matches: a 14-point lead over second-place Real Madrid and 16 points more than Atletico Madrid in third. - BERNAMA-XINHUA

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