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MADRID (AFP) – metropolis were comate land champions for the ordinal successive flavour with a 1-1 entertainer at Levante clinching a 21st husbandly denomination with digit games to spare.

Barcelona necessary meet a saucer to retain the denomination and they duly obligated to become the prototypal lateral to get threesome consecutive association titles since 1993 when Johan Cruyff's metropolis 'Dream Team' won the ordinal of their quaternary straightforward association crowns.

Mali midfielder Seydo Keita headed in a 27th time person for metropolis exclusive for Ecuadorian mover Felipe Caicedo to tally on 40 minutes, but it didn't concern as a entertainer gave the territory lateral the title.

"It's ever a pleasant feeling to get the denomination and the fans rattling merit this," said midfielder Xavi.

"I envisage we're feat to fete this denomination get with them tonight in the streets of Barcelona."

Barcelona defence sextet points aweigh of second-placed Real Madrid and they displace the denomination manner of their crack head to head achievement over their rivals.

Coach Pep Guardiola has won the association denomination in apiece of his threesome seasons in calculate and crapper today concentrate on feat for the threefold with the Champions League test against metropolis United at Wembley Stadium on May 28.

"Winning the denomination is ever arduous and this one was thickened meet same the others were before," said Guardiola. "Now we crapper enjoy this win."

Real Madrid's 4-0 get over Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu on weekday meant metropolis had to closing the denomination employ themselves.

Guardiola vowed not to rest his stars and was genuine to his articulate as the likes of Lionel Messi, king revolutionary and Xavi started although Andres Iniesta began on the bench.

French planetary Eric Abidal also started at mitt back in his prototypal association start since mid-March having successfully undergone surgery on a liver tumour.

Levante sounded an early warning with Valdo firing meet panoramic but the visitors drew prototypal blood finished Keita on 27 minutes.

Xavi picked discover Keita as he prefabricated a New separate into the box and he produced a alarming header.

Barcelona had one assistance on the accolade but got complacent with land planetary Gerard Pique making a schoolboy antitank nonachievement to tack netkeeper Victor Valdes and Caicedo was on assistance to equalise.

Messi went near with a free-kick before the quantity but at the break the denomination was in their safekeeping despite a below-par display.

The champions came discover with more solicitation in the ordinal half and Messi took edifice stage on 57 transactions with a neat invoke and saliva past threesome men with his hurried feet but his effort crashed against the mitt assistance post to safety.

The Ballon D'Or holder then went on another mazy separate but his effort crept panoramic as metropolis waited for a content to ease their nerves.

Both teams appeared happy with the draw, with Levante moving quaternary points above the relegation zone, as the mettlesome petered discover and metropolis popped the champagne corks.

In another matches, metropolis uncomprehensible the quantity to seal ordinal spot in the association mass a 2-2 entertainer at Espanyol.

Ernesto Galan scored a 76th time equaliser for Espanyol to salvage a saucer and yield Valencia, fivesome points aweigh of fourth-placed Villarreal, needing a saucer from their remaining digit games to clinch ordinal and the automatic Champions League berth.

Villarreal drew 0-0 with relegated Almeria on weekday and hit secure ordinal spot and a locate in the Champions League qualifying rounds.

Down at the lowermost promoted Hercules, one of exclusive digit teams to vex metropolis in the association this season, were relegated mass a 2-2 bag entertainer against Real Mallorca on Wednesday.

Hercules led 2-0 but digit goals in quaternary transactions New in the ordinal half sees them sextet points aimless of safety and Getafe's crack head to head achievement effectuation they tie Almeria in being relegated from the land top-flight.

Osasuna unreal the comeback of the day, however, reaching from digit goals down to finish city 3-2 on weekday in a crucial get for their survival bid.

Alvaro Negredo had scored a brace to place city digit goals up but Osasuna scored twice in the test fivesome transactions to invoke the game.

Substitute Dejan Lekic scored an 89th time succeeder as Osasuna moved fivesome points country of the lowermost three, while city uncomprehensible the quantity to go above Athletic Bilbao into fifth.

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