Brief reports of matches played in the Primera Liga at the weekend:
Played on Sunday:
DEPORTIVO CORUNA 1 REAL BETIS 0
Depor's Jose Guardado punished sloppy Betis defending when he latched on to a long throw-in after eight minutes.
The home side could have had more goals but Ricardo saved a point-blank header and a 59th minute strike from Joan Verdu hit the post.
ESPANYOL 1 GETAFE 0
Espanyol edged an entertaining game in Barcelona thanks to a goal by Jonathan Soriano and also had a penalty appeal turned down when Raul Tamudo was bundled over in the 12th minute.
Getafe substitute Esteban Granero was sent off after six minutes on the pitch midway through the second half. The 10 men fought valiantly but Soriano ended the resistance by stretching to poke home Albert Riera's cross two minutes from time.
OSASUNA 0 BARCELONA 0
Without injured strikers Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi, Barcelona showed little spark in Pamplona and are now four points behind leaders Real Madrid after three games.
Osasuna's Javier Portillo wasted several chances, while a bullet header from Barca's close-season signing Thierry Henry was cleared off the line after 53 minutes.
RACING SANTANDER 1 LEVANTE 0
Racing's Pedro Munitis ran on to a sharp interception to sidefoot home after 28 minutes to give the north coast team their first win of the season.
Munitis should have wrapped up the game early in the second half but missed a sitter from three metres.
REAL MALLORCA 0 VILLARREAL 1
Nihat Kahveci sank Mallorca with a long-range free kick seven minutes from time in a scrappy game that takes Villarreal within three points of leaders Real Madrid.
Jonas Gutierrez, Victor and Daniel Guiza went close for Mallorca in the first half and they were unlucky not to take a point after a last-gasp header from Guiza was harshly ruled out for offside.
REAL MURCIA 1 ATLETICO MADRID 1
Big spenders Atletico are still looking for their first win of the campaign after being hled at promoted Real Murcia.
Atletico's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero put away Yourkas Seitaridis's cross early on but Murcia's Francisco Gallardo struck a late equaliser by rifling a shot into the far corner.
The result leaves Atletico with just two points, seven behind city rivals Real.
SEVILLA 4 RECREATIVO HUELVA 1
Frederic Kanoute and Alexander Kerzhakov scored two apiece and could have had more as Sevilla dominated their local rivals.
The UEFA Cup holders never looked in danger and Russian Kerzhakov pounced to make it 1-0 after 12 minutes before Mali striker Kanoute effortlessly strolled through Recreativo's defence and rounded Stefano Sorrentino for the second.
Kanoute cut through the defence again just after the break for his third in two matches but Recreativo caught a complacent Sevilla napping a minute later when Aitor grabbed one back.
Kerzhakov scooped a 68th minute penalty over the bar but made amends in the 75th with his third strike in two games, before Recre's Edu Moya was sent off five minutes from time.
Played on Saturday:
ATHLETIC BILBAO 1 REAL ZARAGOZA 1
Markel Susaeta struck a swerving 30-yard free kick to give Bilbao an 10th-minute lead before Diego Milito replied six minutes later.
Zaragoza dominated the second half but Bilbao's Joseba Etxeberria fluffed a last-minute opportunity with only keeper Cesar to beat.
REAL MADRID 3 ALMERIA 1
Javier Saviola and Wesley Sneijder set up champions Real Madrid for a laboured victory over 10-man Almeria.
Saviola scored his first goal since leaving rivals Barcelona in the close season and Dutchman Sneijder made it 2-0 from a free kick in the 69th minute.
Almeria, who had Albert Crusat sent off for taking down Saviola in the 63rd, pulled one back through Kalu Uche before Gonzalo Higuain wrapped up the win for Real with a long-range lob with two minutes to go.
VALENCIA 2 VALLADOLID 1
Valencia supporters whistled their players off the pitch after they struggled to defeat promoted Valladolid.
Daniel Kome opened the scoring for the visitors in the 10th minute after keeper Santiago Canizares spilled a simple cross before Fernando Morientes equalised in the 24th.
Valladolid had the best of the second half but Valencia's David Silva snatched a last-minute winner when his deflected shot looped in.