Atletico Madrid captain Gabi offered begrudging congratulations to Barcelona after the Catalans sealed the title at Vicente Calderon.

Lionel Messi scored the decisive goal in scenes that mirrored a year ago, when Atletico were crowned champions at Camp Nou.

“We can only congratulate them as they did last year with us,” AS quotes the skipper as saying.

“We tried every way to win but it wasn’t possible. We could have taken a point.”

Gabi also had some choice words for Neymar, who drew the ire of Diego Godin in added time.

“Neymar needs to learn from the greats, like Xavi and Iniesta. He makes provocative gestures. He shouldn’t do that here.”

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