Gradually, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are adjusting. Barcelona has been a very weak team since the previous season. They are weak this season too because they lost some of their experienced players.
We can compare the achievements of Barcelona in several seasons based on the final standings. 19-20, 20-21 & 21-22 (ongoing) Here he is.
From the 3 seasons that I tried to show in the picture, Barcelona managed to score more than 80 goals every season even though they didn't win the title. At that time they still had Lionel Messi and Suarez. But this season they have only managed to score 32 goals in 21 match, it is a result that is not imagined by everyone about Barcelona. Without Messi they can't do much in front of goal, it's a bad thing for Barcelona this season despite still having 17 games to play.
In this season, there is like nearly no player who can continue from where Messi and Suarez left in the league. They are having big struggles to score many goals in a game and this is their main problem now actually. If they were much more effective than this in their attacking line, then they would have been doing a bigger work now. Barcelona should solve this main problem of theirs by signing a top or talented striker. They need a real goal scorer to deal with their opponents much better. But their financial condition is not that good at the same.