Pique: We had to win La Liga twice!

Gerard Pique says Barcelona feel as though they have won La Liga twice this season after they recovered from a bad run to clinch the title on Sunday.

A Luis Suarez hat-trick sealed a 3-0 win over Granada to secure Barca's sixth domestic crown in eight seasons, with Real Madrid finishing a point behind after their 2-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna.

And Pique, who describes the club's domestic success since 2009 as "unique", admits it felt like they had won and lost the title before they were able finally to lift the trophy.

"I'm happy that we keep winning the league. We're living a unique period. Nobody has won six leagues out of eight," he said, as quoted by AS.

"Given the circumstances, we have had to win it twice. When we had eight points in our favour, we had it won. Afterwards, with the blip, we lost it, although it still depended on us. And now we've come back to win it."

"This league, 20 years ago we wouldn't have won it because we were so often undone by our own pessimism," continued the defender.

"But this generation has changed things. We're a winning team, we've shown that we can be trusted, because we ended up winning."

"We don't need anything," he said. "Of course it would be better if we won the Copa. Sevilla can beat you in a game, but I think our consistency is magnificent."