Villareal won against a strong opponent. I didn't expect them to lose because it was at home. Villareal played a good game in the first half but couldn't score. They won the match with a goal in the middle of the second half and increased their points to 44.
In the last match of the day, Atletico Madrid won at home with a single goal in the last minutes. The opponent was not easy and the match was very even. It was atletico madrid who had more chances and they won.
I think the two are teams with equal strength, so when the hosts can beat the visitors I don't think it's that surprising, with the win over Sociedad making Villarreal even closer to Real Betis who lost to Atletico Madrid.
Villareal vs Sociedad the match was quite balanced but in the second half we could say the final minutes of the match Sociedad were not able to keep the goalpost properly, a foul in the penalty box that made Villareal get a penalty kick and a beautiful goal from Jackson made the match end for the home team's victory.
Atletico managed to narrowly win against Betis and this is something good for them because in other matches Sociedad had to lose and they are quite comfortable now in 3rd place in the standings.
3 La Liga teams are certain to be safe for now and actually looking at the 1-3 standings now seems normal because the same team is always here.
What's interesting for a place in the champions league can still be contested by 3 teams because the points are still quite tight. Sociedad, Betis and Villareal are still possible to take fourth place so every match will be very important for them unless they are not very interested in that spot because they see the opportunity to be able to compete in the UCL competition is tough because the best teams are there.