Leganes ended up with 10 men after goalkeeper 'Pichu' Cuellar was sent off for an altercation with a ball boy in the 94th minute.

Sevilla moved into third place with a straightforward 2-0 victory at home to Granada which came thanks to first half goals from Luuk de Jong and Nolito.

Getafe also leapfrog Atletico and go into fourth after a controversial 1-0 win at home to Betis; Angel Rodriguez scored the winning goal in the 89th minute after a handball in the Betis area, although the visitors were angry after a handball by the goalscorer earlier in the game went unpunished by referee Prieto Iglesias.

Real Sociedad are also right in the race for the top-four after an easy 3-0 win at home to Mallorca thanks to goals from Alexander Isar, an own goal from Fran Gamez, who deflected a shot from Ander Barrenetxea , and Portu.

Asier Villalibre put Athletic Club Bilbao ahead in their visit to bottom of the table Espanyol and the Basque side had further chances in the first half. However, Espanyol held on and Raul de Tomas' second goal in two league games gave them a point.

The result means Espanyol are still without a home win, while Athletic have now gone 22 years without an away win against Espanyol.

Meanwhile, the game was marred by racist insults directed by a sector of the Espanyol fans at Athletic forward Inaki Williams.

Celta Vigo remain in the relegation zone along with Espanyol and Leganes after being held 0-0 at home to Eibar.

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