Real Madrid sealed their 32nd La Liga title with a 3-0 win at Athletic Bilbao Wednesday to leave them with an unassailable seven-point lead over arch rivals and defending champions Barcelona. Goals from Gonzalo Higuain, Mesut Ozil and Cristiano Ronaldo wrapped up the clinching victory for Jose Mourinho's men at San Mames.

Mourinho has now won league titles in Portugal with Porto, England with Chelsea, Italy with Inter and Spain with Real, who break Barcelona's three-year stranglehold on the title.

Earlier Barca thrashed fourth-placed Malaga 4-1 to keep up the pressure on Real with Lionel Messi scoring his eighth hat-trick of the season.

It left the Argentina ace with 68 goals for the season, beating a record for a European season held by legendary German striker Gerd Mueller since the 1972-73 season for Bayern Munich.

It took Messi's tally in La Liga to 46, two more than Ronaldo, but his efforts have proved in vain.

Real's trip to the Europa League finalists looked a tough one and when Ronaldo saw an early penalty saved by Iraizoz, their small band of supporters might have been worried.