Villarreal, who was ranked fifth, lost against Rayo Vallecano.
Despite losing 2-1 to Atletico Madrid in LaLiga on Sunday, Real Sociedad was still able to secure a spot in the Champions League.
Due to fifth-place Villarreal's loss to Rayo Vallecano by the same score, Sociedad was unable to overtake them for fourth place.
Atletico Madrid scored goals through Antoine Griezmann and Nahuel Molina at the Civitas Metropolitano, with the visitors getting a late response from Alexander Sorloth.
With their victory, Atletico Madrid drew back to within one point of Real Madrid in second place.
At the Vallecas Stadium, Rayo Vallecano defeated Villarreal with goals from Raul de Tomas and Isi Palazon just after the hour mark. Seven minutes before the deadline, Giovani Lo Celso offered the Yellow Submarine hope, but it was insufficient.
At the other end of the standings, Espanyol was demoted after dropping a 2-2 draw at Valencia due to a late equalizer.
After Espanyol had answered Diego Lopez's first goal with goals from Cesar Montes and Martin Braithwaite, Samuel Lino scored three minutes into extra time to put an end to their chances.
After drawing 0-0 with another struggling team, Almeria, who are only one point above them in the standings, Valladolid has one game left and is still in the bottom three.
Getafe and Cadiz both improved their chances of surviving after defeating Osasuna and Celta Vigo, respectively, by scores of 1-0 and 2-1.
Barcelona, the league's undisputed champion, defeated Mallorca, down one player, 3-0 at the Nou Camp to increase their insurmountable advantage at the top of the standings to 11 points.
Ansu Fati scored the game's first goal in the opening minute, and after Mallorca's Amath Diedhiou was sent off, the score was doubled. Twenty minutes from the end, Gavi secured the victory.
With a 3-2 victory over demoted Cremonese, Lazio regained second place in Serie A. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic scored the game-winning goal in the 89th minute.
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