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Real Madrid take city derby on Spain's match day 7
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Real Madrid beat neighbors AtleticoMadrid 2-1 in a dramatic game in the Vicente Calderon Stadium on Saturday night to provide the highlight of match day 7 in the Spanish Primera Liga.
Ruud Van Nistelrooy opened the scoring for Real in the first minute and Bernd Schuster's side looked to be heading for all three points before Siman Sabrosa scored a last minute free kick to level the scores.
However, the game, in which Van Nistelrooy and Atletico's Luis Perea were both sent off, had one final twist when Real substituteRoyston Drenthe was brought down in the Atletico penalty area in fifth minute of injury time and Gonzalo Higuain fired home from the penalty spot to give Real all three points.
There was drama in Montjuic on Saturday night as well, as Villarreal goalkeeper Diego Lopez pulled off several magnificent saves, including a penalty from Raul Tamudo, to assure a point for his team in a 0-0 draw against Espanyol.
Sunday saw the top sides all take three points from their matches.
Samuel Eto'o scored in the 63rd minute to give Barcelona a hard-fought 1-0 win away to Athletic Club Bilbao. Athletic had threatened before the goal, but a solid defensive display from PepGuardiola's side left them unable to respond after falling behind.
Sevilla moved into second spot in the league after they won away to Almeria by a similar score. A deflected shot from Adriano Correia gave Sevilla the points in a disappointing game played on a rain-soaked pitch.
However, Valencia remains league leaders in Spain following a convincing 4-0 demolition of bottom-of-the-table Numancia.
David Villa scored the first and last goals of the afternoon, with Juan Mata and Vicente Rodriguez contributing the second and third goals of the game.
Elsewhere Malaga equaled their best ever run in the Primera Liga as they won their third match in a row. Roberto Soldado put visitors Getafe ahead after just nine minutes, but first half goals from Duda and Nabil Baha turned the game around.
Jose Antonio Camacho was unable to kick off his reign as Osasuna coach with a win as his side crashed 1-2 away to Sporting Gijon. Carmelo Gonzalez opened the scoring for the home side and although Santi Ezquerro leveled matters after 15 minutes, Mate Bilic scored the winning goal in another game where all the goals arrived before the break.
While Camacho kicked off with a defeat, Lucas Alcaraz began hissecond spell at Recreativo Huelva with a point away to Valladolid.Marco Ruben put Alcaraz's side ahead in the first half and they were only two minutes away from the win before Victor Sanchez scored a late equalizer for Valladolid.
Betis won their first game of the season with a 3-0 triumph over Mallorca. Damia Abella, Hugo Pavone and Achile Emana scored the goals in a comfortable triumph that could have saved coach Francisco Chaparro from the sack.
Finally the match between Racing Santander and Deportivo la Coruna ended 0-0.
Source: Xinhua
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