Madrid, May 14 -- Already-crowned La Liga champion FC Barcelona lost 1-0 away to Deportivo Alaves.
Three days after securing the title, Barcelona appeared to suffer the effects of its celebrations on Sunday and Monday, producing a performance well below its usual level.
Ibrahim Diabate scored the only goal of the match for Alaves in first-half stoppage time on Wednesday. The win lifted Alaves out of the bottom three and kept its survival hopes alive. Sevilla won 3-2 away to Villarreal, moving into 10th place in the standings.
Villarreal, which has already secured a place in next season's UEFA Champions League, racedinto a 2-0 lead through goals from Gerard Moreno and Georges Mikautadze, but Oso and Kike Salas made it 2-2 before the break...