A hard-fought contest between Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid and it wasn’t until midway through the second half that Real took control, a hat-trick from Ronaldo helping them on their way to a 1-4 victory.
Barcelona 4-0 Getafe
Barcelona have moved to within one point of Real madrid with a 4-0 victory over Getafe, the goals coming from Sanchez(2), Pedro and, inevitably, one Lionel Messi. Real Madrid have a potentially tough match against Atlético Madrid on Wednesday evening.
Málaga up to third in La Liga
Goals from Isco, Cazorla and van Nistelrooy gave Málaga a 3-0 win over Racing Santander and moves them into third place in La Liga, one point ahead of Valencia. Now comes the hard part, holding on to the position for automatic qualification for the Champions League.
Real Madrid 0-0 Valencia
Real Madrid’s lead at the top of La Liga is down to four points after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Valencia on Sunday evening. Plenty of action in the match, just no goals.
Real Zaragoza 1-4 Barcelona
Barcelona have moved at least temporarily to within three points of Real Madrid after a 4-1 victory over Zaragoza, Messi netting two, one from the penalty spot, to achieve sixty goals for the season so far in all competitions.
Sevilla 3-1 Mallorca
Sevilla are now only just outside the top six after a 3-1 win over Mallorca on Monday night, all the goals coming in the second half. Negredo, Manu del Moral and Jesús Navas were on target for the home side, Hemed scoring the only goal for the islanders.
Valencia 1-1 Levante
Both Valencia and Levante failed to capitalise on Málaga’s defeat on Saturday as they drew 1-1. Valencia would have been looking to put a bit of daylight between themselves and the Blue and Whites and Levante would have been looking to retake fourth place.
Barcelona win, Málaga don’t
Málaga’s assault on third place in La Liga suffered a setback on Saturday evening as they lost 0-2 to Real Betis, the goals scored by Castro and Dorado.
Osasuna 1-5 Real Madrid
Two for Ronaldo, two from Higuaín and a stunner from Benzema gave Real Madrid the three points in their match against Osasuna, the final score 1-5. Nino was the scorer for Osasuna.
Blue and Whites up to fourth
Málaga are up to fourth place in La Liga, level on points with third placed Valencia, after coming from behind to beat Espanyol 1-2.