Overview
- Barcelona, which fell 1-0 on Wednesday in Vitoria-Gasteiz, saw its 11-game league winning run stop as Alavés climbed to 15th on 40 points with two rounds left.
- Ibrahim Diabate scored in first-half stoppage time, finishing from close range after Antonio Blanco headed a corner back into the six-yard area.
- The defeat ends Barcelona’s bid to reach 100 points after clinching the title on Sunday with a win over Real Madrid.
- Hansi Flick rotated heavily, resting Frenkie de Jong and Fermín López as Wojciech Szczesny started in goal and 21-year-old Álvaro Cortés made his senior debut in defense.
- Defender Andreas Christensen returned to the squad for the first time since December after a partial ACL tear, and the tight relegation fight now intensifies with a dozen teams still in reach of the drop.