Primera Liga reports

Brief reports of matches played in the Primera Liga on Saturday:

CELTA VIGO 2 ATLETICO MADRID 2

Celta saw victory slip from their grasp when Atletico centre back Matias Lequi hooked the ball over two defenders and cracked home on the volley to earn a late draw for the visitors.

Atletico had gone in front when defender Diego Simeone headed in at the far post after a corner, but Celta midfielder Peter Luccin levelled with a powerful free kick from the edge of the area 20 minutes later.

Celta looked on course for a much-needed home win when Yugoslav striker Savo Milosevic poked in after a neat one-two with Jesuli four minutes before the break, but they ended up paying for their late defensive lapse.

ESPANYOL 1 BARCELONA 3

Six players were sent off as Barca came from a goal down to claim their first win in five games in a bizarre city derby that saw both sides finish with eight men.

Former Barca player Jordi Cruyff gave Espanyol an early lead with a splendid diving header, but Ronaldinho, returning from a four-week injury lay-off, equalised two minutes later.

Dutch striker Patrick Kluivert grabbed a neat double to put Barca 3-1 up, but the game began to turn ugly when referee Alfonso Pino Zamorano sent off Espanyol midfielder Ivan de la Pena just before the break.

Five more players - Barca's Rafael Marquez, Ricardo Quaresma and Philip Cocu and Espanyol's Toni Soldevilla and Albert Lopo - followed De la Pena down the tunnel in the second half after being dimissed by the card-happy referee.

VILLARREAL 2 REAL SOCIEDAD 0

Qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League earlier this week will provide little consolation for Sociedad who remain mired in the relegation zone after this defeat.

Argentine playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme put Villarreal ahead with a well struck volley from the edge of the area and the home side held on to their lead when Pepe Reina saved a Darko Kovacevic penalty three minutes later.

The former Barca keeper then set up his side's second when he hurled the ball out to the halfway line for striker Sonny Anderson to race clear and score a fine solo goal 12 minutes before halftime.

Playing Sunday: Athletic Bilbao v Sevilla, Malaga v Real Mallorca, Racing Santander v Osasuna ,Real Betis v Valencia ,Real Madrid v Deportivo Coruna, Real Zaragoza v Albacete, Valladolid v Murcia.