Good weekend for Barca in Primera Liga

FC Barcelona went back to the top of the BBVA Primera Liga after the 21st round of matches in the Spanish BBVA Primera Liga this weekend.

Barca's 2-1 win in Malaga coupled with Atletico Madrid's failure to beat 10-man Sevilla saw Luis Enrique's side retake the leadership with a game in hand, just a week before they entertain Atletico in the Camp Nou.

Barcelona had to dig deep on Saturday to assure a 2-1 win away to Malaga, who deserved more from the game after being the better side for long periods.

A goal from Munir in the first minute and a second from Leo Messi 10 minutes after the break gave Barca all three points against a rival who had them in big trouble in the first half and had leveled the scores through a Juampi goal just before halftime.

Barca improved after the break as Malaga tired following their first half efforts.

Atletico dropped two points at home to Sevilla, despite playing against 10 men for half an hour after Sevilla midfielder Vitolo was sent off for two yellow cards with coach Unai Emery following him into the stands as a result of his protests.

Despite playing with a man less Sevilla were well organized at the back and held on as Atletico lacked creativity in midfield and attack.

The Zinedine Zidane revolution at Real Madrid ground to a halt as his side could only draw 1-1 away to Betis. Alvaro Cejudo put Betis in front in the seventh minute and it needed a goal from Karim Benzema after a clear offside from James Rodriguez with 20 minutes remaining to assure a share of the points.

Real are now four points behind Barca with an extra game played.

Gary Neville is still searching for his first win after seven league games in chance, although another poor display was rescued by a 93rd minute equalizing goal away to Deportivo la Coruna, who had led since Lucas Perez put them ahead in the 27th minute and were unlucky to see a second ruled offside for an offside flag which should never have been shown.

Aritz Aduriz scored two spectacular volleys as Athletic Club Bilbao defeated neighbors, Eibar 5-2 in an exciting Basque derby.

Borja Baston opened the scoring for Eibar in the fourth minutes, but inspired by Aduriz's wonderful first goal, Athletic turned the score around and led 3-1 by the break after headers from Sabin Merino and Aymeric Laporte.

A Baston penalty brought Eibar back into things after the break but another goal from Aduriz and an own goal meant the points stayed in Bilbao.

Espanyol and Villarreal shared the points after Mateo Musacchio's late equalizer for the visitors. Espanyol had twice taken the lead through Felipe Caicedo and former Villarreal striker, Gerard Moreno who was later sent off for protesting Villarreal's second goal after Espanyol were twice pegged back through Musacchio and Manu Trigueros.

Granada coach Jose Ramon Sandoval saved his job after a 3-2 win at home to Getafe.

Fran Rico and El Arabi put Granada 2-2 but quickfire goals from Stefan Scepovic and Moi Gomez drew Getafe level before Rube n Rochina's 77th minute strike sealed it for the home side.

Finally, Rayo Vallecano ended their run of games without a win as they thrashed Celta Vigo 3-0 in Vallecas thanks to first half goals from Miku, Tito and Jozabed, who now has seven goals this season. Endi