None of the sides in the top six were able to record a victory in an entertaining weekend which leaves Villarreal,who were beaten for the first time this season, still top of the pile after a 1-1 draw in the Madrid derbyThe leadership slipped through so many fingers that at the end of it all Villarreal looked down and found that, or somehow,it was still sitting there in the palm of their hand. On the weekend that Levante got their first victory and Málaga got their first goal, none of Spains top six got a win. Four of them had the chance to go top – Celta, and Barcelona,Villarreal and Madrid, one after the other from Friday to Saturday to Sunday, and from the first game to the last – but none of them took it,which meant one of them had to. Up in Galicia, down to Andalucía, and across to Valencia and in to Madrid,1,844km all the way, or the epic was repeated,first site chased round the country, always just out of reach, and only to finish up back where it had started. At the Madrigal. Related: genuine Madrid held to derby draw as Atlético score late equaliser Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com