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Levante 1-2 Barcelona | La Liga match report

Barcelona had a controversial penalty to thank as they scraped a narrow 2-1 win at Levante to close the gap on the La Liga leaders Real Madrid to four points ahead of next week's El Clásico.José Javier Barkero gave the home team a surprise lead with ...

Real Madrid 1-1 Málaga | La Liga match report

Santi Cazorla's stunning stoppage-time free-kick gave Málaga a deserved point to halt Real Madrid's 11-match winning run in La Liga. Iker Casillas and Willy Caballero made smart stops to deny Salomon Rondon and Cristiano Ronaldo within the first five ...

Cristiano Ronaldo hat-trick lifts Real Madrid 10 points clear of Barça

• Portuguese stars in 4-2 win over 10-man Levante• Winger now has more goals for Real than Manchester UnitedReal Madrid opened a 10-point lead over Barcelona at the top of La Liga after Cristiano Ronaldo's sixth hat-trick of the season clinched a 4...

Cesc Fábregas scores twice as Barcelona put five past Levante

Cesc Fábregas scored twice in Barcelona's 5-0 drubbing of Levante as they warmed up in style for next weekend's 'Clasico' against Real Madrid.Champions Barca maintained their superb home form against this season's surprise packages Levante, who briefl...

Levante are finally dethroned as La Liga becomes a more boring place | Sid Lowe

At the final whistle in Osasuna, you could have been forgiven for shedding a tear – not just for Levante but for Spanish football tooIt's over. Back to life, back to reality. At last Levante lost and so did La Liga. When the full-time whistle went at...

Osasuna end Levante’s fairytale run at the top of La Liga

• Osasuna 2-0 Levante• Real Madrid top of the leagueLevante, La Liga's surprise early pacesetters, suffered their first defeat of the season when they went down 2-0 at Osasuna and relinquished their hold on top spot.Osasuna's Alvaro Cejudo fired in...

La Liga round-up: Levante beat Real Sociedad to return to the top

• Injury-time goal from Rubén Suárez secures three points• Karim Benzema scores as Real Madrid beat VillarrealRubén Suárez scored a wonderful free-kick deep into injury time to give Levante a 3-2 home win over Real Sociedad, which took them bac...

Levante are back and this time they’re ready to take on the world | Sid Lowe

For Levante to be joint top with a team afforded a playing budget 20 times the size is an achievement of absurd proportionsThey're back. The Expendables – bigger, better and older than ever before. And this is their toughest mission yet. First it was...

Real Madrid mutter and moan but Levante do the ‘dirty’ part well | Sid Lowe

For all the complaints, it was hard to feel sorry for Real Madrid despite a harsh sending off and a penalty the referee did not giveMiss World reapplied her lipstick, puffed out her chest and sashayed elegantly towards him, hips swaying seductively, de...

Levante 1-0 Real Madrid | La Liga match report

A 10‑man Real Madrid slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat at Levante as the tiny Valencia-based club ended the nine-times European champions' perfect start to the season.José Mourinho's side had their midfielder Sami Khedira sent off five minutes before ha...

Alvaro Negredo makes Málaga’s brave new world feel remarkably familiar | Sid Lowe

The new season has finally started in La Liga but there was no sign of a revolution at the Sánchez PizjuánEverything changes, it all stays the same. The first Monday morning of the new season and it feels like the close of the most tedious saga ever,...

La Liga 2011-12 season preview | Sid Lowe

Strike threats, two superpowers getting even stronger, plus a team-by-team guide for the new season. It's all hereYou can tell the season is about to start when it might not be about to start after all. With barely a fortnight to go, the Spanish player...