Atletico Madrid and move three points clear of their nearest
rivals at the top of La Liga.
Koke stunned Camp Nou with a sharply dispatched 10th-minute
opener on Saturday, and that advantage remained until Lionel
Messi intervened with half-an-hour played.
The Barca superstar produced a clinical finish to crown a
sweeping move involving Jordi Alba and Neymar before Luis
Suarez slotted past Jan Oblak to establish an advantage before
half-time.
Atletico's task became a steeper one when Filipe Luis saw red
for a rash challenge on Messi and Diego Godin would also leave
the action early in the 65th minute, collecting a second yellow
card for fouling fellow Uruguay international Suarez.
Villarreal pulled level on points with third-placed Real Madrid
thanks to a 1-0 win over Granada.
Bruno's 65th-minute penalty was enough to improve upon back-
to-back draws from their previous Liga outings.
Highly rated forward Inaki Williams headed the only goal after
24 minutes to give Athletic Bilbao a 1-0 victory at Getafe,
while Malaga were also winners on the road and moved into the
top half of the table courtesy of a 2-1 triumph over Eibar.
Juanpi opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time and Roque
Santa Cruz coolly converted a one-on-one in stoppage time,
before Borja Baston grabbed an even later consolation.
First half goals from Xabi Prieto and Inigo Martinez helped Real
Sociedad to ease their relegation fears at Real Betis' expense.
Ruben Castro hit back six minutes into the second half but Betis
could not avoid a 2-1 loss.
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