India, May 5 -- Vinicius Junior scored two second-half goals and Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-0 to keep Barcelona from clinching its second straight Spanish league title.

Barcelona beat Osasuna 2-1 on Saturday to open a 14-point gap over Madrid entering Sunday's matches. Anything but a win by Madrid against Barcelona's city rival would have allowed the Catalan club to celebrate its 29th league title this weekend. Barcelona will have a chance to clinch the title next weekend when it hosts Madrid in a "clasico" at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona's lead stayed at 11 points heading into the final four rounds of La Liga.

"We have a big game against a great rival and they have been playing well," Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa said. "It's a special game...