La Liga has been very competitive this season. Barcelona and Real Madrid are fighting for the title. And which team will win the title is still completely uncertain. Several teams are fighting to qualify for the Champions League. Atletico Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Betis, and Rayo Vallecano are all aiming to finish in the top four of the table. and qualifying for the Champions League.
I only high competition for top four but not for the championship. Barcelona are far from Real Madrid with 8 points and it makes the championship competition is less exciting. However Real Madrid have yet given it up and Barcelona have yet won it. Their race is continuing and the league is more exciting with another race for last two positions in top four. It's so surprising to see clubs like Sociedad, Betis and Vallecano can compete for those high rankings.
Barcelona continued to perform well. They won the last match. And now the Barcelona team is 8 points ahead of Madrid.
8 points are so good and safe enough for Barcelona to think more about their big match with Manchester United in Old Trafford. They must win at Old Trafford at least with two goal difference to beat Manchester United in aggregated result. With good gap in La Liga, Barcelona want to win Europa League too and they will not play humbly in Old Trafford.
Despite being able to maintain their dominance in La Liga, Barcelona's performance in Europa League is not as good as expected. They could not win against Manchester United in the last match. They drew the match. And so now Barcelona will aim to win the second leg against Manchester United. If Barcelona loses their next match against United. Then they will focus entirely on winning the La Liga title. And they will win the La Liga title either way.
Barcelona feel like they are safe enough to win La Liga so that they will not want to be knocked out by Manchester United too easily. Not sure will they can win Europa League after beating Manchester United but I believe they ambitiously aim at the trophy there.