Barcelona is now 7 points ahead of Real Madrid. If Madrid can win against Alaves today, this gap will be 4. If Madrid loses points against Alaves too, I would say that Madrid should give up hope of winning the La Liga title.
Now with a 7 point gap from Barcelona, Madrid is increasingly struggling to reduce the gap. Although today they played against Alaves and won 3 points, it does not mean that Barcelona is careless. Their competitors are unstoppable, Hansi Flick and his team are in the most likely mode to win the Quadruple this season (
Supercopa de Espana, La Liga, Copa del Rey and UCL).
One match at a time and the dream of retaining the La Liga title for Real Madrid is getting further and further away. Even at the end of the season, we can still see a considerable difference in points between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Although Real Madrid was careful before, now I don't know why they are not very focused on their performance and why they are not able to perform well in La Liga. Maybe they have spent more time chasing the Champions Trophy, which has had a bad effect on their performance in La Liga. After the first leg, Real Madrid is not in a good position in the Champions League either, and they are not in a good position in La Liga, so it is expected that Real Madrid will end this season without any achievements.