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Schuster's woes increase with Valladolid defeat; Valencia beaten

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Schuster: Under pressure

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Real Valladolid 1 Real Madrid 0
Valencia 2 Sporting Gijon 3

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Real Madrid and Valencia suffered shock defeats as they missed the chance to move to the top of the table.

Real Valladolid increased the pressure on Bernd Schuster's shoulders as they recorded a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid.

The home side, who were thrashed 6-0 by Barcelona at Camp Nou last weekend, rocketed up to 11th in the table on the back of their narrow success.

Fabian Canobbio scored the only goal of the game four minutes after the interval when he fired a left-foot shot beyond Iker Casillas from the edge of the area.

Raul came close to snatching an equaliser for the visitors, only to be denied by a superb save from Sergio Asenjo.

Real's misery was compounded in the closing stages with defender Gabriel Heinze was given his marching orders after two bookings in as many minutes.

Shock

And there was another shock result at the Mestella as title-chasing Valencia were beaten 3-2 by Sporting Gijon.

The home fans were stunned into silence with Luis Moran (20) and David Barral (52) on target to put the visitors in control.

Home hero David Villa responded from the penalty spot with 21 minutes remaining only for Diego Castro to restore Sporting's two-goal cushion nine minutes from time with a stunning goal.

Just as the fourth official held aloft the board to show there would be three minutes of added time, Juan Mata grabbed a second for Valencia, but they could not snatch an equaliser.