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Barcelona moved back into second place as Robert Lewandowski scored his first league hat-trick for the club in a 4-2 win over Valencia.
Valencia's young guns gave a good account of themselves despite the defeat and could still end up in Europe.
Elsewhere in La Liga on Matchday 33 Carlo Ancelotti made nine changes ahead of Tuesday's meeting with Bayern Munich and still won against a lukewarm Real Sociedad, while racism again reared its ugly head inside Spanish stadiums, this time in Atletico Madrid's Metropolitano.
And Dovbyk and Sorloth were superb in front of goal once more. Here, Mail Sport's Spanish football reporter PETE JENSON casts his eye over the weekend's action and offers 10 things he learned.
Robert Lewandowski scored his first hat-trick for Barcelona to secure a 4-2 win over Valencia
Arda Guler and Nacho Fernandez celebrate after the Turkish midfielder's strike gave Madrid the lead on Friday
Lewandowski chasing individual prize
After Monday's hat-trick he has 16 goals just three behind top scorer Artem Dovbyk. You just know he'll play every minute of what's left of the season and will be blinkered to the finish line with only this individual prize in vision.
Lewandoski's hat-trick took his tally in the league this season to 16, three behind top scorer Artem Dovbyk
But Lewandowski's future is far from certain
Xavi was asked after the game whether or not it was impossible that Barcelona would try to sell the Polish striker at the end of the season and basically he tap danced around the question avoiding at all costs ruling it out.
'I don't talk about individual player's futures,' he said despite already having done so about other players.
Barca can't afford Lewandowski's rising wages – he's due to earn more next season than this because of the way his contract was drawn up. They will sell if they can.
Araujo is not a £85m defender anymore
One player they might now struggle to sell, at least for the sum of money they originally wanted for him, is Araujo.
He was at fault for the two goals conceded against Valencia last night and after getting sent off in the PSG quarter-final second leg it really is shaping up to become a poor end to the season.
Even team-mate Ilkay Gundogan doesn't have to point the finger anymore because it's plain to see. He is still a huge talent but that 100m asking price? Not anymore.
Barcelona defender Araujo has gone through a late season slump and is now unlikely to fetch the club's high asking price
Valencia one of the overachievers of the season
Valencia will finish this season fighting for a European place; they finished the last one trying to be beat the drop.
There was not a single starter in Ruben Barraja's team under 25 on Monday night and the youngest squad in La Liga has so much promise for the future if owner Peter Lim can avoid sales. They were also hard done by against Barcelona.
Barca's Fermin Lopez looked offside and interfering when Lewandowski made it 3-2. They might have hung on with 10 men if not for that call.
Guler will not be going out on loan
Arda Guler will stay at Real Madrid next season. Ancelotti
