Real Madrid win 3-2 away to near neighbors Getafe on Monday night to ensure they can keep up the pace with Spanish La Liga leaders FC Barcelona.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Ozil scored for Madrid, while Daniel Parejo and Juan Albin netted for the home side.

Madrid saw Alvaro Arbeloa sent off five minutes from time, but the home side rarely threatened to score an equalizing goal.

Villarreal cemented third place in the table with a straightforward 2-0 home win against struggling Almeria.

Javi Catala scored a header after 21 minutes and Borja Valero doubled the lead before the hour to give the home side a comfortable triumph against a side that has dropped to second from bottom in the table.

Atletico Madrid's European ambitions suffered a setback with a 0-0 draw at home to Racing Santander, but Mallorca had no problems with Hercules beating the Alicante based side 3-0.

The Hercules players have not been paid in the last month and maybe that was a factor as N'Sue, Victor and Pereira sealed an easy win for the home side.

Zaragoza kicked off their game against Real Sociedad bottom of the table, but a 2-1 home win lifted them above Sporting Gijon and Almeria.

Sinama Pongolle opened the scoring for the home side, but Xabi Prieto looked as if he would earn Real Sociedad a point until Braulio's last minute strike gave Javier Aguirre his first home win as Zaragoza coach.

Two second half goals from Pedro Rodriguez helped Barcelona kick off 2011 with a hard fought 2-1 win against Levante in the Camp Nou stadium on Sunday.

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