La Review: Pique goes old-school, Bale isn't missed and Valencia bounce back

That’s more like it! After a disobedient La Liga failed to follow the blog’s recent instructions to reopen the title race, Barcelona finally obliged by throwing away a two-goal lead to let the snout of Real Madrid sniff out of the car window of hope.

Naturally, nothing is set in stone: there will be more twists, turns and back-flips once Champions League games are thrown into the mix, starting with tonight’s Madrid derby before tomorrow’s trip to PSG for Barça. But for now, here’s a lowdown of the ins, outs and lessons learned from the game in Spain which spanned Saturday through to Monday.

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