A round of all matches on Sunday of La Liga, in another exciting weekend of action.
Barcelona achieved an important victory over Alaves to lower the gap to Real Madrid to four points at the top, but only did this with the minimum.
After Espanyol saw a victory over Real Madrid on Saturday evening, Los Che responded with three own points in Mestalla. The second victory of Carlos Corberan in La Liga looked into doubt after Hugo Duro missed two good chances, but Javi Guerra found Luis Rioja for the opener in the first half.
Even when they were linked to Celta, with a nice Pablo Duran finish in the 65th minute, they wasted little time. This time Guerra was on the score sheet and fought an excellent finish after he had started behind the defense. Also not without a struggle, Valencia kept four points of safety. Celtas concerning Dia has only four points free from the drop.
In a local collision, Osasuna broke a 9-game Winless Streak through the goals of Ante Budimir. La Real, behind the 4 defeats in 5 League matches, fall to 11th place.
Honors were even in the Benito Villamarin in a tense and accused meeting, while two teams that chase the European qualification were fighting. Real Betis had the better start, because the recent signature Antony made his stamp early, with his shot handed in by Isco, after a Unai Simon Save. Simon was again forced into action after an Antony Pass for Johnny Cardoso not long after.
Athletic Club, however, fought back, and without too many clear opportunities, Aitor Paredes bundled into a header from a corner. Before the break, however, Romain Perraud scored his first goal in style, cut his weaker right foot in and shot the ball in the top corner for the lead.
Neither of the two parties found ways to open the other regularly, but Athletic had again thanked their set pieces, because Oihan Sancet put a corner home halfway through the second half. The Basque side came away with a good point, but see the gap to Villarreal in the fifth reduced to four points. She holds the point of betis in the upper half, only three points for Europe, but with only one victory in Six Liga matches.
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