Athletic Bilbao denied Atletico Madrid the chance to move into third place in the Spanish league on Sunday after rallying for a 2-1 victory.
Fernando Llorente scored the winner off a long ball from Francisco Yeste during first half injury time.
Atletico's only goal came early in the first half when goalkeeper Armando Ribeiro misjudged Antonio Lopez's long shot from the right.
Atletico's comeback hopes were stunted in the 52nd when Raul Garcia was ejected after a second booking.
Athlitic's Markel Susaeta capped a fast-break started by Javier Martinez inside the Athletic area in the 39th to draw even. The young Basque forward beat goalkeeper Christian Abbiati to the inside with a right-footed shot.
Real Madrid honored former great Alfredo Di Stefano on Sunday, a day after it saw its lead at the top the standings trimmed to five points after losing to Real Betis 1-2.
Madrid leads the league with 56 points, while FC Barcelona improved to 51 after Ronaldinho's late penalty secured a 2-1 win at Zaragoza on Saturday.
Villarreal, which drew 0-0 with Racing Santander on Sunday, has 43 points, two better than Atletico.
Earlier, Almeria stayed unbeaten in 2008 when Alvaro Negredo headed home in the 44th to clinch a 1-0 win over sputtering Murcia.
Beto, Florent Sinama-Pongolle and Martin Caceres scored second-half goals to lead 10-man Recreativo Huelva past Deportivo La Coruna 3-2.
Beto was sent off after picking up a second yellow card for celebrating his goal in the 53rd minute.
Joan Verdu and Ivan "Riki" Sanchez-Rico's scored for Deportivo, which stayed in 18th place. Recreativo, which won its second straight under new coach Manolo Zambrano, moved up to 14th.
Source:Xinhua
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