The worse thing that could happen to Real Madrid is if they drop a point in the Laliga when Barcelona hasn't dropped a point. The league is cool, competitive and interesting as it is now. If there is any to drop points between Barcelona and Real Madrid, it should be Barca to make the league more interesting. When we will know their standings is by next month when European competitions resume.
Yeah, that's why Real Madrid will probably continue to be tight with a 3-point difference and of course Real Madrid hopes that Barcelona will lose 1 time in the next few matches to level the points in the standings. When viewed from the previous season, there is now one of the old clubs that now graces the top 4, namely Real Sociedad. Previously this position was filled by Sevilla, but Sevilla is now destroyed and is in 15th place in the standings. Other teams this season have also started to rise, therefore La Liga is now much more competitive than before.