Costa had a chance to win the game from the penalty spot but was denied by a brilliant saw from Sevilla keeper Tomas Vaclik.

Real Sociedad striker Portu scored twice to give his side a 2-1 win away to Granada that lifts them up to third behind Barca and Real Madrid.

The former Girona forward opened the scoring in the 21st minute only for a bad error from visiting keeper Alex Remiro to gift Alvaro Vadillo a 36th-minute equalizer. The game looked to be heading for a draw before Porto netted the winning goal after a pass from Adnan Januzaj.

Fran Escriba looks likely to lose his job at Celta Vigo after his side slipped to a 1-0 defeat at home to Getafe thanks to Kenedy's 37th-minute strike for the visitors.

Eibar also won away at home with goals from Charles and Kike Garcia, who netted the winner six minutes from time to give them three points against rock bottom Leganes.

Valencia came back after conceding a Marc Roca penalty to beat Espanyol 2-1 thanks to a Dani Parejo spot-kick and a 79th-minute header from Maxi Gomez.

Valladolid continue their positive season with a 3-0 win at home to Mallorca thanks to goals from Joaquin Fernandez, Enes Unal and an injury time goal from Sandro Ramirez.

Athletic Club Bilbao keeper Unai Simon produced several excellent saves to give his side a 0-0 draw away to Villarreal who had scored in their last 20 games in front of their fans.

Finally there were three penalties in the derby between Osasuna and Alaves, which Osasuna won 4-2 thanks to goals from Ruben Garcia, Chimy Avila, Roberto Torres and Juan Villar, with the last two goals both coming from the penalty spot.

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