Barcelona stretched their lead over the top teams in the competition to five points after the 19th round of games over the weekend.

Real Sociedad trails Real Madrid by three points following their 0-0 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Still, Barca's victory in Girona and Xavi Hernandez's squad has opened a cushion over their closest rivals.

Barcelona are now 5 points clear on the table

Real Sociedad and Madrid both had opportunities in a fascinating game on Sunday night. Still, thanks to Alex Remiro's streak of outstanding saves, Real Sociedad will be happy with a draw.

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Thibaut Courtois, who was also at his best on the other end, stopped Takefusa Kubo, who maintained his excellent season against his former team, and Robert Navarro.

Barcelona efficiently handled their trip to Girona thanks to a lone strike from young midfielder Pedri, who secured them all three points.

Pedri started the game on the bench for replacements after suffering a slight physical ailment in Barca's midweek Copa del Rey triumph over Real Sociedad. However, Ousmane Dembele's thigh injury necessitated his substitution in the first half.

Dembele, who was in excellent form before getting hurt, is anticipated to miss around a month of action.

To avenge their Copa del Rey loss to Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid overcame Osasuna 1-0 behind a goal by Saul Niguez.

Aitor Fernandez suffered a defeat by Saul after handling a long ball from the defenders and saved denied Diego Moreno and Moi Gomez from Jan Oblak at the other end.

With a 1-0 victory over struggling Getafe thanks to a late penalty kick by Borja Iglesias, Betis managed to snap a four-game losing streak.

Iago Aspas' goal gave Celta Vigo a 1-0 victory over Athletic Club Bilbao to lift them from the bottom three as Alex Berenguer twice hit the woodwork for the visitors, who still needed to be more motivated after Thursday's Cup success in Valencia. Athletic striker Inaki Williams was absent due to a knee injury that ended his extraordinary streak of 251 consecutive league appearances.

Barcelona's Ousmane Dembele celebrates scoring against Getafe

Moroccan international striker Youssef En-Nesyri assisted Sevilla in climbing out of the bottom three with a 3-0 victory over Elche at home.
The striker's powerful header gave him his first goal in the 29th minute. When Elche's Pedro Bigas ruled out two minutes later, leaving the guests with ten men, Marcos Acuna widened Sevilla's lead.
The pressure on Valencia coach Gennaro Gattuso increased after his team was eliminated from the Copa del Rey in midweek and will play Real Madrid on February 1 as a result of the 1-0 victory over Valencia at home due to an injury-time strike from Valladolid's Cyle Larin on his debut.
Cadiz defeated Mallorca 2-0 at home thanks to goals from Theo Bongonda and Alex Fernandez in the 10th and 38th minutes, respectively. This victory gave Cadiz the self-assurance to sit back and defend well after the interval
Barcelona players 

Espanyol's weekend-opening two-game winning streak ends against Almeria, 3-1. Almeria had already taken a 3-0 lead thanks to goals from Luis Suarez, Leo Baptistao, and Francisco Portillo before Joselu's late consolation for the visitors.