Barcelona suffered a disastrous home defeat and set two humiliating records. Coach Xavi announced his resignation at the end of the season.
In the early morning of January 28th, Beijing time, Barcelona lost 3-5 at home to Villarreal. This was the first time since 1951 that the La Liga giants had 4 goals in two consecutive games conceded goals or more. Since January 1963, Barcelona has conceded as many as five goals in a La Liga home game for theFirst time. Not only is it basically hopeless to defend the title, it will not even participate in the next Spanish Super Cup.