Real Madrid escape another embarrassment thanks to Ceballos as Atletico trump Sevilla and Barcelona maintain perfect run yet again, as Valencia compound Real Sociedad’s woes.
Alaves 1-2 Real Madrid: Ronaldo fires blank again on another frustrating outing as Alaves showed enough grit and spirit to put up a fight against the Los Blancos, but still succumbed to the undeniable brilliance of Ceballos as he quickly grabbed the slim win after he saw his opener canceled out by and ensured that Real Madrid try to lift some pressure off their shoulders in the absence of key players due to injuries in the likes of Toni Kroos, Gareth Bale and Benzema.
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Sevilla: Diego Costa watched from the stands as the team he would most likely play for come January fought off a stubborn Sevilla outfit as Carassco and Antoine Griezmann helped them frog jump their opponents in the league standings.
Girona 0-3 Barcelona: Pablo Maffeo had Lionel Messi under lock and key as he shadowed the Argentine all through the game and allowed him little chance to impact the game, but the Catalonians could not be stopped as they kept the pressure up and it paid off as two own goals from the opposition made them sit comfortably before Luis Suarez grabbed his second goal of the season, however Douglas Luiz put on an impressive show for the hosts.
Malaga 3-3 Athletic Bilbao: Bilbao let the lead slip from their grasp on two different occasion as they had to settle for a share of the spoils at Malaga after they saw Malaga equalize from two goals down in the closing 10 minutes and Iker Munain was in great form, providing two assists of Bilbao’s three goals and coming close to netting a goal too. Malaga got their first point of the season and now sits above Alaves in 20 with 0 points.
Espanyol 4-1 Deportivo La Coruna: right from the onset, Deportivo looked on the back foot and two goals down in the opening 30 minutes butr managed to claw one back with 53 minutes on the clock, but Moreno showed class with a second half brace that moved them to 12th.
Getafe 4-0 Villareal: Getafe left it all until the second period as the manager’s halftime talk seemed to work miracles on the team’s finishing and Villareal sat back and took the blows with returning a punch as they were felled at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez.
Eibar 0-4 Celta Vigo: the visitors took the points away in the first half after Pablo Hernandez put them 3-0 up in the 40th minute and Daniel Wass buried the game on the 72 minute mark with a sublimne finish to give Celta allthree pontson away groud.
Las Palmas 0-2 Leganes: Las Palmas have still not found their rhythm like they did last season as they again lose to Leganes who are on a fantastic run and have now moved to 6th on the table and are 1 point below Madrid.
Real Sociedad 2-3 Valencia: Valencia captilized on a destabilized Sociedad team who look to have not shaken off the defeat they faced at the hands of Los Blancos and they left them chasing the game and though they came back twice into the game, Valencia were a third time lucky as the referee gave one player on both team their marching orders after two bookable infringements.
Real Betis – Levante: Betis host Levante who will be looking to go level with Valencia on equal points with an away win while the home team will be looking forward to the same result in their favor.
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