Baecelona maintained their 100% start to the season with a 4-0 win against Rayo Vallecano, Pedro Rodriguez helping himself to a hat-trick and Cesc Fabregas adding another.
Interestingly, and unusually, Barcelona only had 46% possession during the match. The last time they went under 50% was in February 2010.
Real Sociedad were held to a 0-0 draw by Málaga while Atlético Madrod stay second in the table after a o-2 victory over Valladolid, Raúl Garcia and Diego Garcia the scorers.
Levante fought back from two goals down at Almeria to snatch a draw. Verza and Suso were on target for Almeria, Verza from the penalty spot, but with the home side reduced to ten men in the 54th minute after the dismissal of Christian, Levante quickly levelled matters.
El Zhar converted the penalty resulting from the dismissal of Christian and Diop grabbed the equaliser a minute later.
There were 13 yellow and one red card in this match.