Girona 4-2 Barcelona: Player ratings as shock defeat hands La Liga title to Real Madrid

Barcelona fell to a shock 4-2 defeat away at Girona on Saturday evening, handing Real Madrid the La Liga title in the process.

After Carlo Ancelotti's side beat Cadiz 3-0 earlier in the day, Barcelona knew anything less than a victory against Girona would hand their arch rivals the title, but Xavi's side threw away a 2-1 lead in spectacular fashion to gift Madrid the famous trophy.

It took Barcelona just three minutes to fire themselves into the lead in spectacular fashion. Christensen collected a high pass on the edge of the penalty area, took one touch with his chest to control the ball and unleashed a sensational volley which fizzed into the bottom corner.

However, the celebrations lasted less than 60 seconds as Girona went straight down the other end and set up star striker Artem Dovbyk for a simple header to tie things up.

Christensen nearly restored the lead with a header than Paulo Gazzaniga had to scramble away from his line, before Ilkay Gundogan saw a header of his own crash against the top of the crossbar and behind.

Lamine Yamal went down on the edge of the penalty area and was not initially awarded a penalty, but a VAR check determined he had been stripped. Lewandowski went to the spot and slotted into the bottom corner to put Barca 2-1 ahead at the break.

Joao Cancelo saw a low shot pushed away early in the second half as Barcelona tried to stop Girona's confidence from growing, but the hosts were good value for their equaliser shortly after the hour mark.

Sergi Roberto's poor pass back to goal was intercepted by Dovbyk, whose lay-off to Portu was calmly fizzed beyond the scrambling Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

Girona immediate bagged a third through former Real Madrid youngster Gutierrez, with Los Blancos 23 minutes