Fourteen yellow cards and two red for players, Mourinho and Rui Faria dismissed from the Real Madrid bench and a game played at a frantic pace, what more could one ask?
Messi sets new record
Another hat-trick from Lionel Messi on Tuesday night saw him break Barcelona’s 60 year old goal-scoring record set by Cesar Rodriguez.
Madrid 1-1 Málaga
A last minute strike from Cazorla, a beautifully hit free kick, earned Málaga a draw at the Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, cancelling out Benzema’s first half goal. Madrid are now only eight points clear at the top of La Liga and will be disappointed with the score considering their general domination of the match.
Comfortable win for Barcelona
First half goals from Xavi and, almost inevitably, Lionel Messi were enough to see Barcelona comfortably past Sevilla at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan on Saturday evening, the Catalans closing the gap at the top to seven points pending Sunday’s matches.
Valencia progress to last eight
A 1-1 draw with PSV Eindhoven was enough to see Valencia progress to the last eight of the Europa League, completing a 5-3 aggregate victory. Rami put Valencia into the lead before Toivonen grabbed an equaliser in the 72nd minute.
Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Manchester United
Manchester United crashed out of the Europa League, soundly beaten by a young Athletic Bilbao in their last-16 tie. Fernando Llorente scored with a superb volley and then Oscar de Marcos put the home side further ahead. Wayne Rooney scored with a magnificent shot from 25 yards late on but it was merely a consolation and Athletic continued to dominate …
Racing Santander 0-2 Barcelona
Two9 goals from Lionel Messi, bringing him up to 30 for the season so far, gave Barcelona a 0-2 victory over Racing Santander at El Sardinero on Sunday and reduced the deficit at the top of La Liga to ten points.
Real Betis 2-3 Real Madrid
A win is a win, but it wasn’t a very convincing performance from Real Madrid and they could easily have lost their match against Real Betis if two clear penalty incidents had not been passed over by the referee.
Málaga 1-0 Levante
A second half goal from Rondón was enough for Málaga to change places with their opponents, Levante, to occupy that all important fourth place in La Liga. Valencia are the next target, three points ahead at the moment.
Good Europa League results for the Spanish clubs
Manchester United face an uphill battle to reach the Europa League quarter-finals after a shock 2-3 first-leg defeat by Athletic Bilbao.