Barcelona reclaimed the lead in Spain on Sunday with a 4-0 thumping of 10-man Real Sociedad. In the Spanish league, Barcelona is now one point clear of second-place Atletico Madrid after goals from Gerard Martín, Marc Casadó, Ronald Araujo, and Robert Lewandowski.

According to Barcelona coach Hansi Flick, "there is still a long way to go and everything can change very quickly." "We want to win everything we can, so we must fight to the very end." Atletico defeated Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at home on Saturday, putting Barcelona three points ahead of third-place Real Madrid, which suffered a 2-1 loss at Real Betis. “Very happy with the match we played,” Araujo said. “It was important to win and become leaders again. It was a great effort by the team.” Sociedad played a man down from the 17th minute after Aritz Elustondo was sent off with a straight red card for grabbing Barcelona forward Dani Olmo to stop a breakaway.