: Real Madrid claim their 35th La Liga title; Alaves grab lifeline #IndiaNEWS #Football Madrid: Real Madrid sealed their 35th La Liga title thanks to a 4-0 win over Espanyol. Two first-half goals

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Real Madrid claim their 35th La Liga title; Alaves grab lifeline #IndiaNEWS #Football
Madrid: Real Madrid sealed their 35th La Liga title thanks to a 4-0 win over Espanyol. Two first-half goals from Rodrygo and further strikes from Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema saw Carlo Ancelottis men to an easy win against a rival that looked like an uninvited guest at the celebrations on Saturday night.
Ancelotti rested nine of the 11 players who faced Manchester City in the Champions League last Tuesday, with only Luka Modric and Thibaut Courtois keeping their places ahead of next weeks European return leg.
Rodrygos opening goal came in the 33rd minute when he received a cross from left back, Marcelo and beat two defenders before scoring with a low shot across Espanyol keeper Diego Lopez, Xinhua reports. The second goal came after Mariano Diaz pressured the Espanyol defence into an error as they looked to play the ball out from the back. Rodrygo collected the ball and scored with a shot that was tight against the post.
Marco Asensio made it 3-0 in the 55th minute when he slipped through to finish off a counter-attack by Eduardo Camavinga. Camavinga, Modric and Mariano were replaced by Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Isco on 60 minutes and Isco thought he had added a fourth with 20 minutes left to play, only for it to be ruled out for offside.
However, Benzema did net a fourth with a typical first-time finish following a move between Vinicius Jr and Isco.
On a personal level, the win means that Ancelotti has now led clubs to league titles in Spain (Real Madrid), Italy (AC Milan), England (Chelsea), France (Paris Saint Germain) and Germany (Bayern Munich).
Real Madrid players lift Real Madrids head coach Carlo Ancelotti to celebrate the teams La Liga title after a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. Photo: AP
Sevillas hopes of finishing second suffered a setback when they were held 1-1 at home to struggling Cadiz. Youssef En-Neysris first half header for just his fourth league goal of the season, put Sevilla ahead, but a dogged Cadiz got their reward in the second half thanks to Lucas Perezs excellent free kick.
Atletico Madrids fourth place also looks in doubt as they were beaten 2-0 away to Athletic Club Bilbao, who keep their hopes of playing in Europe next season alive with an impressive win.
Inaki Williams eighth-minute cross was deflected into his own net by Atletico defender Mario Hermoso as Athletic dominated the first 25 minutes. Atletico began the second half brightly, but after Antoine Griezmann had rattled the crossbar with a free kick, Williams netted Athletics second from the penalty spot after Iker Muniain had been fouled.
Although Angel Correa saw a deflected shot rebound off the post in injury time, Atletico never looked like recovering from the second goal.

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