Sergio Gonzalez effort enough as Leganes record famous victory at Barcelona
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Sergio Gonzalez headed Leganes to a famous victory at Barcelona as the LaLiga leaders saw their advantage over the chasing pack evaporate. Gonzalez’s fourth-minute goal proved enough to claim a 1-0 win at the Estadio Olimpico de Montjuic to allow Madrid rivals Atletico and Real to rein them in.
Substitute Alexander Sorloth had earlier edged Atleti firmly into the title race in a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Getafe, their 11th on the trot. Sorloth’s 69th-minute header sent Atleti above derby rivals Real Madrid – who drew 3-3 at Rayo Vallecano on Saturday – into second place, level on points with Barca and a point ahead of their neighbours, with both having played a game fewer than the Catalan club.
Alaves’ Joan Jordan dented Athletic Bilbao’s bid for a top-four finish with a second-half equaliser after Unai Gomez had opened the scoring for the visitors. Vitor Roque and Giovani Lo Celso fired 10-man Real Betis to a 2-1 victory at Villarreal. Chimy Avila was sent off for a 34th-minute challenge on Alex Baena with Roque having put the visitors ahead, but Lo Celso’s strike proved decisive despite Baena pulling one back.
Elsewhere, Las Palmas continued their recent good run of form as they fought out a 0-0 draw at Real Sociedad. In Serie A, Jens Odgaard’s strike handed Bologna a 1-0 victory over high-flying Fiorentina, whose head coach Raffaele Palladino was not in attendance following the death of his mother Rosa, to end their quest for a ninth-successive league win.
