Top Four | Bottom Four |
Real Madrid | Deportivo La Coruna |
Barcelona | Granada |
Sevilla | Sporting Gijon |
Atletico Madrid | Osasuna |
February 28, 2017
Real Sociedad 2-2 Eibar
Juanmi 14’ Gonzalo Escalante 26’
Carlos Vela 67’(pen) Pedro Leon 90’+3’
A good away point for Eibar.
Pedro Leon scored a late goal for Eibar to deny Real Sociedad a victory that would have potentially shot Sociedad into the top four in the league standings.
Valencia 1-0 Leganes
Eliaquim Mangala 29’
A single goal was enough to send Leganes back to losing ways.
Valencia got victory over a recently-promoted side after suffering a defeat at the hands of another.
Malaga 1-2 Real Betis
Pablo Fornals 39’ Jonas Martins 48’
Antonio Sanabria 74’
Real Betis came from a goal down to get an away victory that also helped them leaped over Malaga in the league standings.
March 1, 2017
Osasuna 1-4 Villarreal
Roberto Torres 64’(pen) Roberto Soriano 2’
Roberto Soldado 27’
Rafael Santos Borre 74’ 78’
Osasuna is sitting at the bottom of the league table and remains the only team in La Liga without multiple league wins.
Barcelona 6-1 Sporting Gijon
Lionel Messi 9’ Carlos Castro 21’
Juan Rodriguez 11’(o.g)
Luis Suarez 27’
Francisco Alcacer 49’
Neymar 65’
Ivan Rakitic 87’
It was a very comfortable night for FC Barcelona.
Barcelona placed more pressure on Real Madrid after dismantling Sporting Gijon. Each member of the ‘MSN’ got in on the goalscoring action.
Luis Enrique announced his resignation from his post at the end of the season.
Celta Vigo 2-2 Espanyol
Iago Aspas 21’ Gerard Moreno 28’
Daniel Wass 30’ Pablo Piatti 32’
A point remains between Espanyol and Celta Vigo after an evenly contested ‘2-2’ draw.
Granada 2-1 Alaves
Wakaso Mubarak 38’ Victor Camaras 57’
Isaac Cuenca 53’
Granada did themselves a favor by beating Alaves and rising to the good end of the relegation zone. A few more results like this should ensure safety for them.
Real Madrid 3-3 Las Palmas
Isco 8’ Tana 10’
Cristiano Ronaldo 86’ 89’ Jonathan Viera 56’(pen)
Kevin-Prince Boateng 59’
Ronaldo scored a brace to save Real Madrid from getting a humiliating home defeat against Las Palmas.
A hattrick from Cristiano Ronaldo would have ensured a Real Madrid victory, after Gareth Bale lost his head and received a red card that had his team chasing the match for the majority of the second half.
The points dropped by Real Madrid has open up the title race for the trailing two side; Barcelona and Sevilla.
March 2, 2017
Deportivo La Coruna 1-1 Atletico Madrid
Florin Andone 13’ Antoine Griezmann 68’
Antoine Griezmann struck the ball wonderfully into the net to save Atletico Madrid from suffering a consecutive league defeat and dropping a point more than they already have.
It was a sour end to the match as Atletico’s Fernando Torres suffered a horrific head injury and had to be taken away by the ambulance. Reports from the club and Torres’s Instagram page has assured as that he is going to be ok.
Sevilla 1-0 Athletic Club
Vicente Iborra 14’
Sevilla kept moved in closer to the top of the league with a home victory against Athletic Club.