Barcelona clinch LaLiga, domestic treble with win at Espanyol - ESPN

Barcelona clinched the LaLiga title on Thursday with a 2-0 winat city rivals Espanyol to cap a stellar season during Hansi Flick's first season in charge.

Rivals Real Madrid beat Mallorca 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday to cut Barcelona's lead to four points, but the win for Flick's side put them seven points clear with two games left to play to seal the title.

After a scoreless first half, Lamine Yamal opened the scoring shortly after the break with another amazing goal, cutting in from the right wing and unleashing a trademark left-footed shot that flew into the top corner to give Barcelona the lead.

«Lamine's goal is a move he practices a lot, he had scored twice today in the warm-up the same way. We have to look after him and let him enjoy it, he is fantastic,» his teammate Pedri said after the game. «You don't win a league every day so now we need to enjoy it and celebrate this trophy.

»It was one of the most complicated titles. We are happy with the year we have had. We've enjoyed it and so have the fans."

Soon after, Leandro Cabrera was sent off for elbowing Yamal in the stomach, leaving Espanyol with 10 players for the rest of the game and Barcelona added a second goal late on to close out the victory.

The match was briefly delayed before kickoff when a car crashed into a crowd of fans outside the stadium. Police said it was the result of an accident and that out of the more than a dozen injuries, none were serious.

Flick, 60, replaced Xavi Hernández last summer after a trophyless campaign and had already led Barça to success in the Spanish Supercopa and the Copa del Rey, beating Madrid in both finals.

The league title completes a domestic treble in what has proved a memorable debut campaign in Spain