Real Madrid could only draw 0-0 away to Osasuna this Sunday night to help FC Barcelona maintains its two point lead at the top of the Spanish Primera Liga.

Barcelona's 1-1 draw at home to Villarreal on Saturday night meant that a win for Manuel Pellegrini's side in Pamplona would have lifted them to the top of the table.

However, Osasuna's El Sadar Stadium has long been a difficult ground for Real Madrid to visit and Sunday proved to be no exception.

Real Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain (R) fights for the ball against Osasuna's Roberto Fernandez during their Spanish first division soccer league match at Reyno de Navarra stadium in Pamplona, Jan. 3, 2010. The match ended in a goalless draw

The home side, cheered on by 20,000 fanatical fans, made life very hard for the visitors and the first half was typified by a flurry of hard tackles as neither side was willing to give an inch.

Real Madrid's Esteban Granero (L) fights for the ball against Osasuna's Patxi Punal during their Spanish first division soccer league match at Reyno de Navarra stadium in Pamplona, Jan. 3, 2010. The match ended in a goalless draw

Chances were few and far between and things didn't improve much in the second half as Real Madrid struggled to make its huge economic outlay in players tell. Gonzalo Higuain had Real's best chance of the match after 65 minutes, but Osasuna Ricardo made a great save.

The result means that Valencia, who won on Saturday night close the gap on the top two, adding more interest to the title race in Spain.

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