Real Madrid are keeping up their winning ways, seven in a row now and only one goal conceded. Why couldn’t Juande Ramos achieve that at Tottenham?
Higuaín score the only goal of the match against Racing Santander early in the second half.
Betis traveled all the way to neighbours Sevilla and came away with three points, beating their local rivals 1-2.
It was all square with twenty minutes left on the clock when Duscher got himself sent off for a second bookable offence and the game turned in favour of the visitors.
Sergio Garcia opened the scoring and then Oliveira added a second. Kanouté got one back for Sevilla but it was too little, too late.
In Division Two, Xerez increased their lead at the top pending Sunday’s matches with a 0-2 victory at Albacete, Momo and Calle the scorers.
Zaragoza are currently third after a 1-1 draw with Real Sociedad. Rayo Vallecano are now level on points with Zaragoza after beating Hércules 1-0, a goal from Coke deciding the issue. Things obviously go better with Coke!