A valiant effort from the Blue and Whites, but to no avail as they lost 0-1 to Real Madrid. Higuaín scored what turned out to be the winning goal in the second half.
Real remain six points behind leaders Barcelona after Barca struggled to a 0-1 victory over Valladolid, Samuel Eto’o scoring the vital goal.
Sevilla came away with the three points from their visit to Recreativo, 0-1 the scoreline there, but Villarreal slumped to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Almeria.