Real Madrid came from behind to
beat local rivals Atletico 2-1 and
maintain their hegemony over Los
Rojiblancos in the 21st century.
Jose Mourinho's depleted side
produced an uninspiring
performance and struggled for
large parts of the game, but
they made the most of their
chances. Radamel Falcao gave the hosts an
early lead but an own goal by
Juanfran levelled things up a few
minutes later, and Angel Di Maria
hit the winning goal midway
through the second half Barcelona will have to wait a little
longer to get their hands on the
Primera Division title after a last-
minute strike from Ander Herrera
saw them held to a 2-2 draw by
Athletic Bilbao. The visitors were out of sorts for
an hour at San Mames and
deservedly trailed to Markel
Susaeta's first-half goal, but the
introduction of substitute Lionel
Messi swung the match as he scored one and teed up another
for Alexis Sanchez. It looked like the points would go
back to Barcelona - until Herrera
popped up to snatch a point for
Bilbao. Celta Vigo temporarily moved out
of the relegation zone after a
solitary Augusto Fernandez goal
helped them to a vital 1-0 win
away to Levante. The Argentinian headed home
midway through the first half,
making his side's domination
count. Levante, in a more comfortable
position than their opponents in
the Primera Division table, played
with less urgency and offered
little throughout the 90 minutes,
but were given the chance to equalise through a second-half
penalty. However, Jose Javier
Barkero could not take
advantage from the spot. In the late game, Real Zaragoza
boosted their survival hopes as
they defeated Mallorca 3-2 at
Estadio La Romareda. Tomer
Hemed opened the scoring for
Mallorca on 11 minutes but Francisco Montanes struck before
half-time to level. Helder Postiga then gave
Zaragoza a 2-1 lead only for
Javier Arizmendi to restore parity
with eight minutes remaining.
However, in the 88th minute,
Ruben Rochina was on target to seal all three points for the home
side.