In the past night, La Liga and the Premier League had two key battles, and as a result, Barcelona has returned to the top two in La Liga after winning Real Sociedad, while Villa drew with Liverpool and scored 1 point.
Barcelona 2-0 Real Sociedad
Prior to that, Girona played away to Alaves and failed to get three points, which also gave Barcelona a chance. A win over Real Sociedad will see them move back to second place in La Liga and have a chance to qualify for next season's Spanish Super Cup.
In this game, Barcelona were determined to win, and they did put it into action. As soon as the game began, Barcelona attacked wildly, and the forward line led by Lewandowski constantly threatened the opponent's door. After missing a couple of chances, Yamal finally scored. In the 40th minute, the Barcelona genius received a cross from Gundogan and volleyed the goal at the first time, and Barcelona finally took the lead. In the second half, Barcelona continued to attack, but unfortunately they were unable to extend their advantage until stoppage time, when Barcelona won a penalty and finally Raphinha scored to make it 2-0.
After this game, Barcelona has overtaken Girona and moved up to second place in La Liga. As long as they retain the top two, Barcelona can participate in next season's Spanish Super Cup, and they can share at least a few million euros. For Barcelona, this is definitely a lot of income, and winning the second place in La Liga is also Barcelona's bottom line this season.
Villa 3-3 Liverpool
In this game, the process can be described as twists and turns, Liverpool once led 3-1 on the road, but was scored twice by Villa, and finally the home team drew 3-3 with Liverpool.
Just one minute into the game, Martinez made a mistake and pounced the ball into his own net to put Villa 1-0 down. Youri Tielemans then flanked in to equalise for Villa.
After that, with 2 goals from Gakpo and Kounsa, Liverpool almost killed the suspense of the game away from home, but fortunately, Villa was very competitive, they did not accept their fate, and then Villa attacked wildly, and before the end of the game, relying on Duran's 2 goals, the score was finally rewritten to 3-3.
In this game, Villa stubbornly equalized and finally got one point, but now they are only five points ahead of Tottenham in the standings, and there is still a lot of uncertainty in the Premier League for the fourth place. With Villa playing one game and a trip to in-form Crystal Palace in the final round, Villa could lose at any time, and as long as Tottenham win their last two games (against Manchester City and Sheffield United), they have a chance to overtake Villa and finish in the top four!