winning ways versus Las Palmas, while Real Madrid
spilled points against Malaga.
Real Madrid had to settle for a scoreless draw against Malaga
as Cristiano Ronaldo missed a number of fine chances at the
Santiago Bernabeu in La Liga on Saturday.
The Portugal international saw an early goal disallowed for
offside and was then denied by Carlos Kameni on more than
one occasion as he notched up 14 shots over the full 90
minutes in Madrid.
Ronaldo did beat Kameni once after the interval, but was
denied by an excellent goal-line clearance from Marcos Angeleri
on that occasion.
Isco was another to come close to breaking the deadlock, yet
his attempt was also cleared off the line, Weligton being the
hero for the away side this time around.
Madrid had another goal disallowed in the 89th minute as Luka
Modric was adjudged to be in an offside position before he set
up Isco.
Ronaldo once more came close in the dying seconds of the
game, but his header from just yards out went over the
crossbar.
Elsewhere, Barcelona bagged the full three points against Las
Palmas following Luis Suarez's double, yet they had little
reason to celebrate their 2-1 win as Lionel Messi picked up a
serious knee injury.
The Argentina international had an attempt blocked by Pedro
Bigas after just three minutes of play and then went down
clutching his knee.
He briefly returned to the pitch, but was eventually taken off in
the 10th minute and has since been diagnosed with a tear in the
medial collateral ligament of his left knee that will keep him out
of action for seven weeks.
Suarez gifted Barca the lead halfway through the first half with a
good header after Sergi Roberto's cross from the right.
Again Suarez doubled Barca's lead when he powered home a
clever low cross from Munir, before he won a penalty in the 66th
minute.
Neymar blasted his attempt from 12 yards over the bar, though,
to keep Las Palmas' hopes alive and Jonathan Viera would
eventually peg one back with a shot that deflected off Gerard
Pique. The guests' were unable to add a second in the remaining
time, however, as Barcelona returned to winning ways after their
loss against Celta Vigo in midweek.
Furthermore, Villarreal proved to be too strong for Atletico
Madrid as Leo Baptistao's goal against his parent club made the
difference.
The Brazilian found the net after 14 minutes of play following a
pass from Roberto Soldado to send his team top of the table
with 16 points from six games.
Sevilla, meanwhile, beat Rayo Vallecano 3-2 to bag their full
three points for the first time this season.
Kevin Gameiro and Steven N'Zonzi gave the Europa League
holders a two-goal lead before the break, yet Bebe and Javi
Guerra found the net after the break to restore parity.
Ukraine international Yevhen Konoplyanka would eventually
make the difference for Unai Emery's men, though, as he netted
the winner with four minutes remaining.
Celta were unable to build on their 4-1 win over Barcelona as
they were held to a 1-1 draw by Eibar.
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