Málaga slip down to fourth place after a 1-2 home defeat at the hands of Rayo Vallecano, Piti scoring twice for the visitors and Demichelis on target for the Blue and Whites.
Real Madrid continue their climb up La Liga after their poor start to the season and are now third after a 4-0 win against Zaragoza, Higuaín, DiMaria, Essien and Modric the scorers. Still eight points behind the leaders, though.
Barcelona saw off Celta de Vigo with Adriano, Villa and Jordi Alba grabbing a goal each with Bermejo on target for the visitors. Final score 3-1.
Atlético Madrid suffered their first defeat of the season at Valencia and are now three points behind Barcelona. Soldado and Valdez did the damage for Valencia, final score 2-0.