Inside Spain: Real Madrid’s fairytale, Barcelona’s fury and Liverpool man head to La Liga?

Inside Spain is a weekly instalment brought to you by Football España, providing an insight into all of the major stories coming out of the rich and intense climes of La Liga and beyond.

If you hadn’t seen it happen a number of times before with Real Madrid before you would have said it was scripted. Former Stoke City forward Joselu Mato, whose surname literally means ‘I kill’ in Spanish, was the killer in the box for Los Blancos against Bayern Munich, and two years after attending the Champions League final as a fan...