La Liga: Real Madrid win in Valencia to go top as rivals slip up

Real Madrid came from behind to win 21 away to Valencia and open up a twopoint gap at the top of La Liga on Sunday nightCarlo Ancelottis side looked to be heading for defeat in the game between the top two in the table as Valencias highpressing game had them on the back foot and trailing after Hugo Duro put the home side ahead in the 66th minuteDuro hit a left foot shot that took a deflection on its way past Thibaut Courtois and the goal sparked more life into Real Madrid and in the last 15 minutes Valencia were guilty of sitting deep and trying to defend their leadVinicius Jr levelled for Madrid in the 86th minute with his shot also taking a big deflection to wrongfoot Valencia keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili and the Brazilian had a hand in his sides second goal two minutes later when he crossed for Karim Benzema to score off his shoulder Xinhua reportsMallorca and Villarreal drew 00 on Sunday in a game that was more entertaining than the final score suggests with Villarreal who have drawn their last four games having the best chancesReal Sociedad and Sevilla also failed to trouble the scoreboard in a duel between topfour hopefuls in San Sebastian Sevilla will probably travel home happier with the points than the home side who saw Mikel Oyarzabals poor penalty saved by Sevilla keeper BonoLeandro Cabrera scored a 97th minute equalizer to save a point for Espanyol in a 22 draw away to BetisAleix Vidal sidefooted Espanyol ahead in the 16th minute but Willian Jose and Nabil Fekir turned the score around for Betis before the breakThe home side were reduced to 10 men in the 78th minute when German Pezzella was shown a direct red card and in the time added on after that incident Cabrera powered home from the edge of the areaAtletico Madrid dropped two points after being held to a 00 draw by an effective and disciplined Athletic Club side that had the best chances to win the matchAtletico Madrids only chance was a Marcos Llorente shot which bounced off the post in the second half and the visitors would have taken all three points if Inaki Williams who was making his 200th consecutive league appearance or Asier Villalibre had hit the target with just Jan Oblak to beatAtleticos frustration was compounded when Joao Felix was sent off in the 77th minute for insulting referee Gil ManzanoFormer Atletico striker Radamel Falcao scored on his debut to round off Rayo Vallecanos 30 win over Getafe on Saturday lunchtime Oscar Trejos ninth minute penalty opened the scoring and Pathe Cisss 78th minute header doubled Rayos lead against a rival that has lost all five gamesAlaves are also without a point after losing 20 defeat at home to Osasuna who claimed all three points thanks to a David Garcia header in the 21st minute of the game and a 28th minute penalty from Roberto Torres following a handball in the Alaves areaElche and Levante drew 11 with Jose Luis Moraless 55th minute goal cancelling out Lucas Perezs 33rd minute opener for the home sideThe round of matches kicked off as Cadiz won 21 away to Celta Vigo thanks to goals from Anthony Lozano and Alfonso Espino who scored from close range after a penaltyFC Barcelona play Granada on Monday nightCheck out all the latest news and updates on IPL 2021This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever