2018/19 Spanish La Liga – Round 8 – There is a new team on top of the league! Welcome Sevilla!!

Athletic Club 1-3 Real Sociedad
Athletic Club – Iker Muniain 32’
Real Sociedad – Mikel Oyarzbal 30’(pen) 74’(pen)

Girona 2-3 Eibar
Girona – Cristhian Stuani 40’ 42’
Eibar – Charles 12’(pen) Anaitz Arbilla 45+5’ Sergi Enrich 72’

Getafe 0-1 Levante
Levante – Enis Bardhi 60’

Deportivo Alaves 1-0 Real Madrid
Deportivo Alaves – Manu Garcia 90+5’

Leganes 1-0 Rayo Vallecano
Leganes – Guido Carrillo 14’

Real Valladolid 1-0 Huesca
Real Valladolis – Ruben Alcaraz 28’

Atletico Madrid 1-0 Real Betis
Atletico Madrid – Angel Correa 74’

Sevilla 2-1 Celta Vigo
Sevilla – Pablo Sarabia 39’ Wissam Ben yedder 61’
Celta Vigo Sofiane Boufal 85’

Espanyol 3-1 Villarreal
Espanyol -Hernan Perez 7’ Sergi Darder 79’ Pablo Piatti 90+2’
Villareal – Karl Toko Ekambi 45+1

Valencia 1-1 Barcelona
Valencia – Ezequiel Garay 2’
Barcelon – Lionel Messi 23’

It is fair to say the Real Madrid’s failure to win their recent games has benefited Barcelona.
Sevilla is at the top of the league table after 8 matches in the season, with a competitive race to the title that currently involves at least 8 teams. Barcelona will be hosting Sevilla in the next round, and the top spot would be on the line for both teams.
It was against the run of play but Deportivo Alaves found a late goal to beat Real Madrid. It is four games in a row where Real Madrid has failed to get a goal on the board.

Angel Correa scored the only goal of the match to hand Atletico Madrid an important win against Real Betis.