Real Madrid were crowned La Liga champion for the time since 2017 with a victory against Villarreal.
Zinedine Zidane’s side went into Thursday’s game against Villarreal knowing a victory would be enough to secure just the club’s third domestic league title this decade — and the first since Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure.
It is a first league win for Los Blancos since 2016-17, which came in Zidane’s first spell in charge, and marks a successful return for the French coach after he took the job for the second time in March last year.
Zidane also led Real to the Spanish Supercopa title in January with a win over Atletico on penalties in Saudi Arabia and the 48-year-old has now won 11 trophies overall as Madrid coach.
Despite winning five Champions League crowns between 2014 and 2018, Madrid have found LaLiga more difficult in recent seasons and this title is only their third in the last 12 years, with Barca winning eight in that time.
Overall, Real lead Barca by 34 league titles to the Catalans’ 26.