La Liga round-up: Villarreal and Valencia climb over Real

Updated: 09 May, 2009 • 0 • min read

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Recreativo

1 - 2

Villarreal

Adrián Colunga(pen) 83

Santi Cazorla 26

Ariel Ibagaza 44

Villarreal moved ahead of champions Real Madrid and into second place in La Liga with a 2-1 win at bottom side Recreativo Huelva.

Spain international Santi Cazorla opened the scoring in the 26th minute with a deflected long shot, and Ariel Ibagaza swung in the second from a free-kick outside the area a minute before half-time.

The hosts grabbed an 83rd-minute consolation when Adrián Colunga buried from the penalty spot after Marco Rubén had been fouled by Pascal Cygan.

The win moved the Yellow Submarines to 28 points and trails leaders Barcelona by four.

Valencia

3 - 2

Real Betis

David Villa 10

Juanma 56

Juan Manuel Mata 20

Achille Emana(pen) 64

Ruben Baraja 73

Valencia have also leapfrogged Real Madrid thanks to a hard-fought 3-2 win over Real Betis.

The home side took a 2-0 lead inside the opening 20 minutes with goals from David Villa and Juan Manuel Mata.

Juanma pulled a goal back for Betis in the 56th minute and Achille Emana equalised from the penalty spot on 64 minutes.

But Rubén Baraja headed the winner with 17 minutes remaining to seal the victory.

Elsewhere in La Liga on Sunday:

Almería

0 - 1

Deportivo La Coruña

Athletic Bilbao

2 - 0

Numancia

Espanyol

0 - 1

Sporting Gijón

Málaga

4 - 2

Osasuna

Valladolid

3 - 0

Mallorca

Atlético Madrid

4 - 1

Racing Santander

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