The Spanish La Liga after 24 rounds. Sevilla close in on Real Madrid.

LA LIGA
Sevilla 2-0 Elche
Cadiz 0-0 Celta Vigo
Villarreal 0-0 Real Madrid
Rayo Vallecano 0-3 Osasuna
Atletico Madrid 4-3 Getafe
Alaves 2-1 Valencia
Levanta 2-4 Real Betis
Real Sociedad 2-0 Granada
Espanyol 2-2 Barcelona
Mallorca 3-2 Athletic Club

The top five teams at the start of the round stayed in the position; with Real Madrid and Barcelona dropping points.
Real Madrid’s lead is cut down to 4 points.

Cadiz and Alaves picking up point moved them further away from bottom table Levante.

LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| Real Madrid (24) – 54 points
2| Sevilla (24) – 50 points
3| Real Betis (24) – 43 points
4| Barcelona (23) – 39 points
5| Atletico Madrid (23) – 39 points
6| Real Sociedad (23) – 38 points
7| Villarreal (24) – 36 points
8| Athletic Club (24) – 34 points
9| Osasuna (24) – 32 points
10| Celta Vigo (24) – 31 points
11| Rayo Vallecano (23) – 31 points
12| Valencia (24) – 30 points
13| Espanyol (24) – 28 points
14| Elche (24) – 26 points
15| Mallorca (23) – 26 points
16| Getafe (24) – 25 points
17| Granada (24) – 24 points
18| Alaves (24) – 20 points
19| Cadiz (24) – 19 points
20| Levante (23) – 11 points

SEVILLA 2-0 ELCHE
Since their Copa del Rey elimination [against Real Betis], Sevilla had dropped six points from a possible nine [three draws in a row.] This win against Elche was required to restart a title race in La Liga.
Alejandro Gomez and Rafa Mir scored the goals to get Sevilla their first win in four league matches to end three successive defeats.

CADIZ 0-0 CELTA VIGO
Santi Mina missed the chance to hand Celta Vigo the win through a penalty in the 84th minute.

VILLARREAL 0-0 REAL MADRID
Real Madrid and Villarreal failed to produce a goal in the 2021-22 La Liga season

RAYO VALLECANO 0-3 OSASUNA
Three league defeats in a row for Rayo Vallecano after conceding three times against Osasuna.

ATLETICO MADRID 4-3 GETAFE
Atletico Madrid was in desperate need of a win against Getafe to bounce back from the 4-2 defeat to Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid came up on top in a thrilling 7- goal match with Getafe.
In the first half, Atletico Madrid recovered from blowing a 2- goal lead to send the match to the halftime break at a 3-3 draw.
In the second half, Atletico Madrid recovered from going down a player [Felipe was sent off in the 58th minute for a reckless tackle] to grab the only goal of the second half in the 89m minute.

ALAVES 2- 1 VALENCIA
7 defeats and 4 draws later, Alaves grabbed their first league game in 12 matches to extend Valencia’s winless run to six matches; including 4 defeats.

LEVANTE 2- 4 REAL BETIS
Nabil Fekir scored two goals to help Real Betis do what was expected of them against a struggling Levante side.

ESPANYOL 2- 2 BARCELONA
Barcelona needed the points from the Catalan derby to guarantee their stay in the top four.
Luuk de Jong entered the match in the 88th minute and saved Barcelona from a Catalan derby defeat.
Luuk de Jong scored in the sixth minute of the final added minutes to stop Barcelona from following an impressive win over the defending champions (Atletico Madrid) with a derby defeat against Espanyol.
While Espanyol will not be impressed with failing to see their lead through to a win, Barcelona won’t be impressed with allowing points to drop in a game that ‘on paper’ was theirs to win. In the end, both teams will be happy with the outcome.

MALLORCA 3-2 ATHLETIC CLUB
Mallorca got a late goal to recover from blowing away a 2-goal lead in the second half against Athletic Club.