The Blue and Whites won the opening game of the new La Liga season, the only goal of the match against Celta scored by Fabrice Olinga, the youngest player in La Liga at 16 years and 90 days.
So, it was a couple of hours at the top of La Liga for Málaga as Sevilla beat Getafe 2-1 and Mallorca beat Espanyol 2-1 in the two later matches.
Fazio put Sevilla into the lead and then Negredo added a second from the penalty spot before Alexis pulled one back for Getafe.