Barcelona won the La Liga title for the 28th time after beating Espanyol 2-0 on Thursday, May 15 at the RCDE Stadium. In his first season with the club, Hansi Flick helped Barcelona complete the domestic treble, winning the Spanish Super Cup, Copa del Rey followed by the La Liga.

Barcelona are sitting on top of the table in the La Liga with 85 points thanks to wins in 27 out of 36 matches. With the win over Espanyol , Barcelona took an unassailable lead of seven points from Real Madrid, with two matches remaining to be played.

After a goalless first half, 17-year-old Lamine Yamal drew first blood, curling an incredible shot into the back of the net in the 53rd minute. However, Leandro Cabrera hit the all-important equaliser for Espanyol in the 80th minute.

Five minutes into stoppage time, Fermin Lopez took Barcelona home by striking a ball from inside the box with the help of Yamal.

After the match, Pedri heaped praise on Yamal who showed his class, scoring an incredible goal with what is becoming his trademark move.

“Lamine’s goal is a move he practices a lot, he had scored twice today in the warm-up the same way. We have to look after him and let him enjoy it, he is fantastic,” Pedri told Movistar Plus.

“You don’t win a league every day so now we need to enjoy it and celebrate this trophy. It was one of the most complicated titles. We are happy with the year we have had. We’ve enjoyed it and so have the fans,” Pedri added.

After losing to Barcelona on Sunday, Real Madrid needed to win their remaining three games and hope Barcelona dropped more than one point during the same stretch to retain any mathematical chance of winning the title. However, moments of brilliance from Yamal and Lopez ended those hopes. Madrid’s situation worsened when Cabrera received a red card in the 80th minute for elbowing Yamal in the body.