Real Madrid will start next Wednesday's home game against Barcelona as champions for the second season in a row after two late goals against Osasuna in Pamplona last night clinched a 31st Liga title that was celebrated in traditional fashion well into the early hours after the team's return to the capital from Navarra.

Needing all three points in the wake of Villarreal's earlier victory against Getafe, Bernd Schuster's men were a man down with ten minutes to go when the referee awarded a penalty for a senseless handball by Gabriel Heinze that Punal converted. Real were almost immediately back on level terms, however, when Arjen Robben rose to meet Higuain's free-kick and Higuain completed the comeback in the final minute, blasting the ball into the roof of the net from just inside the area on the right after being put through by Sergio Ramos.

Despite their recent Champions League disappointment, Barcelona will start on Wednesday brimming with confidence after sticking six past a Valencia side still just two points clear of the relegation zone. Messi, Xavi, Henry (2) and Bojan (2) all netted as the home side attempted to appease the disgruntled Nou Camp faithful, who staged a pre-match hankie-waving protest to vent their disappointment in a second consecutive season without silverware.

By contrast, the main photo captures the moment when captain Raúl draped club and country colours round the neck of the Cibeles goddess in the Plaza de Cibeles, just down the Paseo de la Castellana from the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, during last night's title celebrations.

Sunday, 4th May
Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Mallorca
Racing Santander 3-2 Murcia
Sevilla 2-0 Valladolid
Villarreal 2-0 Getafe
Osasuna 1-2 Real Madrid
Barcelona 6-0 Valencia
Levante 1-1 Espanyol
Almeria 1-1 Real Betis

Saturday, 3rd May
Atletico Madrid 3-0 Recreativo Huelva
Real Zaragoza 1-0 Deportivo La Coruna

Liga table, points after 35 games
1  Real Madrid  78
2  Villarreal  68
3  Barcelona  64
4  Atletico Madrid  58
5  Racing Santander  56
6  Sevilla  55
7  Real Mallorca  50
8  Deportivo La Coruna  49
9  Almeria  49
10 Espanyol  48
11 Athletic Bilbao  46
12 Real Betis  45
13 Getafe  42
14 Real Valladolid  42
15 Valencia  42
16 Real Zaragoza  41
17 Osasuna  40
18 Recreativo Huelva  40
19 Murcia  30
20 Levante  26

Wednesday, 7th May
Deportivo La Coruna vs Levante
Getafe vs Almeria
Mallorca vs Osasuna
Murcia vs Athletic Bilbao
Racing Santander vs Sevilla
Real Betis vs Valladolid
Recreativo Huelva vs Villarreal
Valencia vs Real Zaragoza
Real Madrid vs Barcelona

Thursday, 8th May
Espanyol vs Atletico Madrid