La Liga round-up: Sporting Gijon relegated despite victory over Eibar
Sunday 14 May 2017 23:00, UK
Sporting Gijon have been relegated from La Liga despite winning 1-0 at Eibar on Sunday.
Burgui's 32nd-minute goal gave Sporting only their second away win of the season, but Deportivo La Coruna and Leganes both drew to doom them.
Leganes secured their safety with a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao.
Aritz Adruriz's close-range strike - his 16th league goal of the season - gave Athletic the lead after 13 minutes.
But Alexander Szymanowski equalised on the hour with a header that meant so much for Leganes.
Deportivo also guaranteed themselves another season in the top flight with a goalless draw at Villarreal, whose failure to win handed Sevilla a ticket to the Champions League.
Third-placed Atletico Madrid, who were knocked out of the Champions League semi-finals by Real Madrid in midweek, drew 1-1 at Real Betis.
Dani Ceballos fired Betis ahead after 57 minutes, but Stefan Savic rescued a point for Atletico 10 minutes later with a close-range effort.
Real Sociedad failed to take advantage of Villarreal and Athletic, rivals for Europa League qualification, dropping points as they were held 2-2 at home by Malaga.
Xabi Prieto gave Sociedad a 31st-minute lead from the penalty spot but Malaga went ahead through Luis Hernandez (45) and Recio (75) before Jon Bautista equalised five minutes from time.
Celta Vigo, fresh from their Europa League semi-final exit to Manchester United, lost 3-1 to Copa del Rey finalists Alaves as they suffered a fifth straight league defeat.
Alaves scored three times in the opening 37 minutes through Manu Garcia, Zouhair Feddal and Deyverson, with Iago Aspas claiming a late Celta consolation from the penalty spot.
Cristiano Ronaldo set yet another goals landmark as Real Madrid stayed on course for La Liga title glory with a 4-1 victory over Sevilla at the Bernabeu.
Real are level with leaders Barcelona on 87 points at the top of La Liga and still boast a game in hand against out-of-form Celta Vigo on Wednesday night.
Whatever happens in Vigo, the title will be decided in the final round of games next weekend after Barcelona brushed aside Las Palmas 4-1 in the Canary Islands.
