La Liga Weekend Review
Valencia moved up to third in La Liga after an action-packed 2-1 win at Athletic Bilbao.
Los Che trailed to a 58th-minute goal from 16-year-old substitute Iker Muniain but hit back through Spain striker David Villa.
Athletic then had Lertxundi Koikili sent-off for collecting two yellow cards and the visitors took advantage with full-back Jeremy Mathieu firing home a loose ball.
The 10 men could have salvaged a draw late on but David Lopez's 87th-minute penalty came back off the post.
Sixth-placed Mallorca kept up their highly impressive 100% home record in some style as they demolished Real Zaragoza 4-1 at Son Moix.
Gregorio Manzano's side missed early chances before finally going ahead through Aritz Aduriz seven minutes before the break.
And the floodgates opened late in the match, when Aduriz added a second before late strikes from Mario Suarez and Alhassane Keita sealed a memorable victory.
Ander Herrera grabbed a late consolation for the visitors in the closing stages.
Struggling Tenerife came from behind to record a precious 2-1 win against an out-of-sorts Sporting Gijon.
Sporting went ahead in only the fourth minute through Diego Castro and seemed to consolidate well after the goal.
However, Tenerife hit back through Ricardo and Nino in the second half to collect all three points and send Sporting back to Asturias empty-handed.
Espanyol were on the end of a four-goal thrashing for the second weekend in a row as they collapsed to a miserable defeat at home to struggling Racing Santander.
Henrique put the visitors in front two minutes into the second period.
And Racing duly went two up five minutes later through Sergio Canales.
Mohamed Tchite made it three from the penalty spot after 67 minutes and Canales rounded off the scoring shortly afterwards to complete a fantastic evening for the Cantabrians, and condemn the Catalans to their worst defeat so far at their new Cornella-El Prat stadium.
Spain full-back Joan Capdevila struck twice, including an 86th-minute winner, as nine-man Villarreal twice hit back from being behind to beat Getafe 3-2.
Capdevila's first cancelled out Pedro Leon's opener only for a Roberto Soldado penalty to restore Getafe's lead. The spot-kick was awarded for a foul by Ruben Cani on Javi Casquero - an offence for which he saw a red card.
The 10 men levelled again through the returning Santi Cazorla and Capdevila grabbed a late winner.
Villarreal finished the game with nine men after the late dismissal of Angel Lopez.
Relegation-threatened Malaga claimed a valuable 1-1 draw with Osasuna.
Massoud Shojaei scored from six yards after 47 minutes as Osasuna took the lead despite being second best in the first half.
Sergio Duda struck the woodwork as Malaga sought a reply, which came when Antonio Apono fired in from a set-piece after 82 minutes.
Both leaders Barcelona and second-placed Real Madrid won on Saturday.
Madrid beat Almeria 4-2 while Barca won 3-1 at Deportivo La Coruna.
Match Reports
Sunday
Deportivo La Coruna 1-3 Barcelona
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