Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-0 and took the lead with 53 points, +8 over Real Madrid, defeated in Mallorca.
The Catalan success bears the signature of Alba, Gavi and Rafinha.
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LaLiga: Barcelona 3-0 Sevilla - Football
20th day (ANSA)
A few days before their debut in the Club World Cup, in Morocco, Real Madrid crashes on the island of Mallorca and is unable to get close to their rivals Barcelona, who will be on the field tonight at 9 pm at home against Sevilla.
Carlo Ancelotti's 'blancos' were defeated 1-0 on matchday 20 of La Liga at the Estadi de Son Moix by an own goal by Macho after 13' of play.
In the second half, Asensio could have leveled the score in the 15th minute, but kicked out a penalty.
Real Madrid are always second in the standings, with 45 points, but have played one game more than Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid do not go beyond the draw at home against Getafe and remain in fourth place with 35 points.
Betis rose after the fireworks 4-3 in Vigo, catching Villarreal in fifth place with 31 points, who collapsed 3-1 at Elche.
Overview of the 20th day (RESULTS AND STANDINGS)
Athletic Bilbao-Cádiz 4-1
Espanyol-1-1 Osasuna
Elche-Villarreal 3-1
Atletico Madrid-Getafe 1-1
Betis-Celta Vigo 3-4
Mallorca-Real Madrid 1-0
Girona-Valencia 1-0
Real Sociedad-Valladolid 0-1
Barcelona-Seville 3-0
Vallecano-Almeria on Monday at 9pm
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LaLiga: Celta Vigo-Betis 3-4 - Football
20th day (ANSA)