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Elche once again showed how much they have improved since Fran Escriba returned as coach and Dani Calvo's 61st minute header off the underside of the bar gave them the lead against a lackluster Real Madrid, who once again failed to perform against a rival in the bottom half of the table on Saturday

The result allows FC Barcelona to move to within three points of Atletico and two ahead of Real Madrid thanks to a 2-0 win away to Osasuna on Saturday night

Goals from Jordi Alba and Illax Moriba gave Barca a hard-fought win against a rival that caused them lots of problems, especially in the first half

Madrid entered the game as the big favorite despite a slew of injuries, and Atalanta's chances diminished further when midfielder Remo Freuler was sent off.

During those eight years, the forward played in 194 official matches and scored 92 goals. As for titles won, he acquired two league championships, two Copas del Rey and two Fairs Cups.

Saturday's result leaves Real Madrid seven points behind league leaders Atletico Madrid, who have two games in hand and just a point ahead of Sevilla, who won away to Eibar earlier in the day

Real Madrid eased to a 4-1 victory at Alavés in the Spanish league, ending a winless run in a match that coach Zinedine Zidane missed

Zinedine Zidane rested some first-team regulars, but a side containing Lucas Vazquez, Marcelo, Isco and Casemiro should still have been far too strong for their rivals.

It was the first loss in seven rounds for Celta since former player Eduardo Coudet took over as coach in November

Benzema and Luka Modric scored inside the first 13 minutes in the Basque Country to put Zinedine Zidane's men on their way to a fourth straight league win

Messi's late goal secured a hard-fought 1-0 home victory over Levante on Sunday to end a two-game losing skid for Barcelona.

Liverpool were without a host of key players for the visit of Ajax to Anfield in Group D, with 22-year-old Irishman Caoimhin Kelleher starting in goal in the absence of Alisson

I have no explanation for tonight. We've had good and bad moments in games like today's. Especially at the beginning, when they scored a goal after three minutes. We had time to get back into the game and then things

"A moment of reflection to remember the great Diego Maradona," Liverpool tweeted. "As a great is remembered," wrote Manchester City, observing a minute's silence along with Olympiacos players ahead of the clash.

Scoring a hat-trick for the home side Valencia, Carlos Soler became the first player to score a hat-trick of penalties in a single La Liga game in the 21st century.

Casemiro and Hazard are upbeat and doing well. They're not happy about what's happened, but in terms of how they're doing mentally and physically

Ramos touched the landmark figure when he netted a goal in Real Madrid's 3-2 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League.

"We had chances in the first half. We needed to the first goal to open up the game and it came from a deep central-position from Eden, who's a player that has the ability to turn rapidly," the club's official website quoted Zidane as saying.

The only possible exemption would be a club which has an active outbreak of Covid-19 with more than 10 new positive cases in a week.

Liverpool and Manchester City also made it six points out of a possible six in Europe this season, after Bayern needed a late Joshua Kimmich strike to claim a 2-1 win at Lokomotiv Moscow in Group A.