Ronaldo's Hat-Trick Not Enough To Stop Barca Laliga Trophy

What an irony, last season Atletico Madrid won La Liga at the Nou Camp and now Barcelona have exacted revenge, winning the Spanish title – their 23rd – by beating the former champions in the Vicente Calderon.Lionel Messi scored as Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid and regained the Primera title with a game to spare and A hat trick from Cristiano Ronaldo in a 4-1 win at Espanyol could not keep Real Madrid in the title race but CR7 has now scored 310 goals for Real Madrid making him the club's second all time leading scorer with 45 goals in the Spanish Ligue this season.

Messi claimed the crucial goal just past the hour mark, exchanging passes with Neymar on the edge of the area, slaloming into the box, past the lunging defenders, and finishing calmly.
 
The Catalan side dominated for the majority of the first half but took until the 65th minute to open the scoring and clinch the three points needed to seal their 23rd Spanish title with a game to go.

Barca had goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to thank for holding the hosts at bay as they held on in the second half, where efforts from Messi and Neymar could have doubled their margin of victory

Cristiano Ronaldo smashed a perfect hat-trick on Sunday to become Real Madrid's second all-time goalscorer - but it was not enough to stop Barcelona being crowned La Liga champions. 

Ronaldo scored three times as Real Madrid beat Espanyol 4-1 in their penultimate league game, but needed cross-town rivals to Atletico to beat Barcelona to have any hope of winning the title.

Luis Suarez didn’t even make the bench for the Catalans after going off at half-time against Bayern Munich, while Atletico went with Antoine Griezmann and Fernando Torres in attack, Mario Mandzukic left among the substitutes.

Claudio Bravo was the first goalkeeper called into action, getting a strong hand to Gimenez’s near post header to bat the ball away