Sunday 22 October 2017 21:52, UK
Kevin Gameiro claimed his first goal of the campaign as Atletico Madrid continued their unbeaten start to the La Liga season with a 1-0 success at Celta Vigo.
France striker Gameiro hooked home from close range in the 28th minute at Balaidos after Celta's defence failed to deal with Saul's right-wing corner.
Celta were unlucky not to take something from the game and Iago Aspas twice came close to an equaliser.
The former Liverpool forward had a volley denied by a fine save from Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak early in the second period before rattling the crossbar with a free-kick minutes later.
Earlier in the day, sixth-placed Villarreal scored four second-half goals to thump struggling Las Palmas 4-0.
Congolese forward Cedric Bakambu powered into the roof of the net to open the scoring from a tight angle three minutes after the restart before Mario Gaspar's low drive from the edge of the box doubled the lead in the 65th minute.
An own goal from Ximo Navarro put the result beyond doubt two minutes later and Italian forward Nicola Sansone sealed a comprehensive victory in stoppage time by tapping in Denis Cheryshev's pass.
Elsewhere, Claudio Beauvue scored a superb individual goal as Leganes stretched their unbeaten run to five matches with a 1-0 success over Athletic Bilbao.
The Celta Vigo loanee drove through the heart of the Bilbao defence, rode two tackles and then smashed the ball high into the net in the 54th minute to move his in-form side into fifth spot.
Marco Asensio had a hand in two goals as Real Madrid recorded their fourth successive league win with a routine 3-0 success over Eibar.
Spain midfielder Asensio saw his inswinging cross diverted into the net by Eibar defender Paulo Oliveira with 18 minutes played at the Bernabeu before sweeping in the second 10 minutes later.
Champions Real, who had dropped seven points in their opening four home games, never looked in danger of slipping up in this one and substitute Marcelo completed the scoring late on to leave them third in the table, five points adrift of leaders Barcelona
