Real Madrid forced Barcelona to delay their title celebrations as two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo helped them to a 4-3 win over Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. The result cut Barcelona's lead at the top to eight points and although they can't now mathematically seal the title with a win over Real Betis on Sunday, they can restore their 11-point lead with just four games remaining. The visitors had taken a shock lead early on as Oscar Gonzalez slotted past Diego Lopez from a narrow angle.

Real Madrid forced Barcelona to delay their title celebrations as two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo helped them to a 4-3 win over Valladolid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. The result cut Barcelona's lead at the top to eight points, although they can restore their advantage to 11 points with victory over Real Betis on Sunday. The visitors had taken a shock lead early on as Oscar Gonzalez slotted past Diego Lopez from a narrow angle.

Spanish La Liga table after Friday's match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Barcelona 33 27 4 2 101 35 85 Real Madrid 33 23 5 5 85 31 74 Atletico Madrid 33 21 5 7 58 27 68 Real Sociedad 33 16 10 7 61 41 58 Malaga 33 15 8 10 47 38 53 Valencia 33 15 8 10 54 50 53 Real Betis 33 14 7 12 49 50 49 Rayo Vallecano 33 14 4 15 43 54 46 Getafe 33 12 8 13 40 50 44 Sevilla 33 12 7 14 49 47 43

Borussia Dortmund qualified for only their second ever Champions League final as despite losing 2-0 to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu they prevailed 4-3 on aggregate on Tuesday. Needing a huge turnaround from the first-leg last week Real seemed to have run out of steam after Gonzalo Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Ozil had passed up early opportunities