I thought Athletico Madrid would be difficult for Barcelona to win against in the league, but Barcelona surprised me with an easy win against Athletico Madrid at home. Barcelona's performance has improved lately, and it has helped them get some good results. Barcelona is now in second place in the La Liga table.
Atletico Madrid's home loss to Barcelona has disappointed their supporters. Before the match started i can disagree with everyone who says that Atletico Madrid will lose to Barcelona. As Atletico Madrid was playing at home, and not all Barcelona players are fit enough to play in this match, I wasn't expecting that they would lose the match. However Barcelona easily won. The match even did not turn out as i expected. Griezmann, Depay, and Morata are all available, but they were unable to score any goal against Barcelona.
Girona's performance has indeed declined. it wasn't as consistent and strong as it was at the start of the season. This match was the fifth defeat in the 29 matches that have been played.
Even though the point difference between Bilbao and Atletico Madrid is quite large, if Girona continues to perform like that, they may be moved from the top 4 of the standings.
if they want to keep it, they have to work hard now. finishing in the top 4 will be history for them with a ticket to the European Champions League.
Since Real Madrid has made it hard for Girona to continue at the top of the league, it wasn't even proper for them to dropped back to third place. It would have been preferable if Girona had finished the season in second place. They needed to at least hold on their second position if winning the league gets more difficult, but they are unable to do so. Girona dropped points in important matches that they had to win in order to secure three points, the match against Mallorca and Getafe. In their last match against Getafe, Girona did not play as well as they had at the beginning of the season. Out of thirteen shots, it was only three that were on target without any goal. At the moment, Barcelona is two points ahead of them in second place.