Sunday 5 November 2017 22:41, UK
Newly-promoted Girona moved into the top half of the La Liga table after following up their shock win over Real Madrid with a 2-1 victory at Levante on Sunday.
Christian Stuani was on the scoresheet again, as he was against Real, with Borja Garcia opening the scoring for Girona and Enes Unal claiming the hosts' late consolation.
At Balaidos, Celta Vigo swept Athletic Bilbao aside 3-1. The sides were level on 11 points at kick-off but it was the hosts who made the move towards mid-table with a decisive spell of three goals in 10 minutes.
Sergi Gomez got the ball rolling just after the quarter-hour before Spain striker Iago Aspas netted twice in quick succession to effectively kill the game.
Raul Garcia pulled one back before the break but that was as good as it got for Athletic, who have now lost four in a row.
Villarreal moved fifth after seeing off rock-bottom Malaga 2-0 at Estadio de la Ceramica.
Nicola Sansone grabbed both of the goals in the space of eight second-half minutes, to leave the visitors rooted to the basement and the Yellow Submarine in the hunt for Champions League football.
Real Sociedad defeated visiting Eibar 3-1.
Willian Jose, Adnan Januzaj and Mikel Oyarzabal all registered for Sociedad before Joan Jordan hit back in consolation.
Real Madrid returned to winning ways as they eased to a 3-0 win over Las Palmas.
