Primera Liga reports

Brief reports of Primera Liga matches played on Sunday:

ATLETICO MADRID 3 OSASUNA 2

Atletico made their fans suffer right to the end despite going 2-0 up in the first half hour after well-taken goals from strike partners Fernando Torres and Salva Ballesta.

Osasuna pulled one back on the stroke of halftime when forward Valdo ghosted in at the far post, only to see substitute Gonzalo Colsa restore Atletico's two-goal lead with a fine glancing header 10 minutes after the break.

The visitors looked to be out of it when midfielder Pablo Garcia was dismissed midway through the half, but they set up an exciting finale when striker Richard Morales scored his fourth in four games with a close-range header.

Atletico were also reduced to 10 men when midfielder Marcelo Sosa received his marching orders in injury time.

LEVANTE 0 GETAFE 0

Honours even in the battle between two of the sides new to the top flight this season although it was Bernd Schuster's Levante who did more to try and win the game against their ultra-defensive opponents.

Midfielder Felix Ettien was a constant threat on the right and substitute Gustavo Reggi had a goal disallowed for a handball in the closing minutes.

RACING SANTANDER 2 DEPORTIVO CORUNA 2

Deportivo Coruna hung on to their eight-year unbeaten record at Racing Santander by the skin of their teeth when a last-gasp free kick from Uruguayan centre-forward Walter Pandiani earned them a point.

Israeli international Yossi Benayoun put Racing ahead when he side-footed home in the 23rd minute, but Depor got back into the match at the start of the second half when Albert Luque scored from the penalty spot after Mario Regueiro was penalised for a handball.

The home side looked as if they were on course to grab a rare victory over the Galicians when striker Javi Guerrero scored after some neat control in the area on 86 minutes, but Depor scrambled a point when Racing's Israeli keeper Dudu Aouate failed to hold Pandiani's injury-time free kick.

REAL MALLORCA 3 NUMANCIA 2

The islanders produced the fightback of the season when they scored three goals in the final 10 minutes to claim an important win over fellow strugglers Numancia that lifted them off the bottom of the table.

Numancia looked to be on course for their first away points of the season after forward Luis Tevenet opened with a spectacular lob from the right-hand touchline and Juan Carlos Moreno made it 2-0 with a thundering 25-metre drive.

But striker Andrija Delibasic sparked the comeback when he scored with a diving header at the near post, fellow forward Luis Garcia made it 2-2 almost straight from the restart and then snatched the winner with a sharp shot on the turn just three minutes from time.

REAL ZARAGOZA 0 ESPANYOL 1

Raul Tamudo marked his return from a month-long injury lay-off by scoring the winner that allowed his side to draw level with Real Madrid in the standings.

The Spanish international plucked a cross from Dani out of the air with his foot and then cracked home past keeper Luis Garcia on the half volley in the 30th minute to condemn Zaragoza to a third defeat in a row.

SEVILLA 2 ATHLETIC BILBAO 0

Sevilla bounced back from their 4-1 defeat at Osasuna last week with a convincing win over the worst travellers in the league.

Brazilian striker Julio Baptista, who scored a double in Sevilla's 3-2 UEFA Cup win over AEK Athens on Thursday, grabbed his third in the space of three days when he put his side ahead early in the second half with a perfectly placed curling shot.

Substitute Carlitos then scored his second in two games when he tucked home after some brilliant work by Daniel Alves on the right in the 65th minute.

VILLARREAL 0 REAL MADRID 0

Real appeared to have their minds on next week's decisive Champions League clash against Roma as they produced a lacklustre performance against a dominant Villarreal.

Ronaldo fluffed an early chance after some good work by Michael Owen, and David Beckham hit the bar from a free kick midway through the first half.

It was the home side, though, who put together the best attacks of the match, but lacked the finishing touch.

Played Saturday:

ALBACETE 0 VALENCIA 1

Valencia had a late strike from substitute forward Xisco to thank for a barely deserved win over a dominant Albacete.

The home side had a handful of scoring chances but were denied a goal by a combination of some fine keeping from Santiago Canizares and slack finishing from their forwards.

Xisco grabbed the winner three minutes from time when he scored with a deflected shot from five metres out after centre-half Carlos Marchena had cut back a pass from the byline.

BARCELONA 4 MALAGA 0

A huge gulf in class at the Nou Camp as Barcelona tightened their grip on the league leadership with an almost effortless win over a lightweight Malaga who have now lost six out of their last seven games.

Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring when he side-footed home after a neat assist from Deco midway through the first half and the Portugal midfielder grabbed one for himself five minutes later when he cracked in from 25 metres out.

Barca eased up after the break but still managed to add two more, highly rated youngster Andres Iniesta fired home at the far post and then set up Eto'o for his second.

REAL SOCIEDAD 1 REAL BETIS 0

Sociedad ended Betis's 10 match unbeaten run thanks to a classy finish from striker Darko Kovacevic in a tightly contested affair at Anoeta.

The big centre-forward finished off a sharp counter-attack with a deft chip over Betis keeper Antonio Doblas from the edge of the area after he had beaten the offside trap nine minutes before halftime.