For now, Barcelona is indeed superior to Real Madrid but it has not been able to determine Barcelona as the champion because in the remaining 8 matches Barcelona still faces several clubs that I think are not easy for Barcelona to face, one of which is its arch rival, Real Madrid and maybe their meeting could determine the fate between the two, besides that there are still Villareal and Atlethic Bilbao who might make Barcelona lose points so Barcelona should not be too happy for now because their struggle is not over.
Is it because of the match Real Madrid lost to Valencia that you are thinking Barcelona is in a good form than them?, I thought so before but since real Madrid picked form I never saw them that way again, though they might be having bad performance sometimes but they are actually a very big contender, from their points Barcelona just got higher because of the Valencia wining if not there would have been a bit of the same point with Barcelona, however Real Madrid and Barcelona are not just the only highest on the La Liga but also on this about to played Copa del ray finals because the both are going to face each other's and afterwards they would meet again for the La Liga.
Although I don't want to admit something like this especially when I am on the Madrid side as their supporter, but indeed in terms of conditions it cannot be denied that for now Barcelona are still better in terms of performance and inevitably we have to admit that.
It's not just about the defeat to Valencia but in terms of the scheme and the chemistry of the players that sometimes breaks that makes Madrid always difficult to maintain momentum and the defeat to Valencia this week is not the first time this has happened because we realize that in the end this Madrid condition has happened several times even for this season they can be unexpected with very good performance but at one moment in another match their performance turns out to be very bad.
Right now in terms of the quality of the players, Madrid still remains a challenge for other clubs to reach in terms of individuality, but in terms of cooperation and chemistry between the players we cannot deny that Madrid are still not very good.