SPANISH LA LIGA MATCHDAY 25 ROUND UP

REAL MADRID moved to the top of the La Liga table after a routine 3-0 win over ELCHE. Illarramendi opened the scoring after just half an hour,only for Gareth Bale to rifle home a sensational strike from 32 yards,Isco went on to round off the route collecting Benzema's pass and firing in from a very tight angle.

BARCELONA slumped to a 3-1 defeat to REAL SOCIEDAD. Antoine Greizmann forced an own goal off Alex Song,but Lionel Messi levelled from Montoya's pass. Greizmann was at the end of a low Carlos Vela cross to put the hosts in front,before setting up David Zurutuza to slide past Valdes as Sociedad move into 5th place.

ATLETICO MADRID missed out on a chance to join Real Madrid at the League summit,after an embarrassing 3-0 defeat at OSASUNA,in a game Diego Simeone admitted the hosts were the better side. Cejudo put the hosts in front inside 6 minutes,Armenteros doubled the hosts lead moments later. Atletico gave no resistance and conceded the third before the break,as Roberto Morales finished ofd from Damia's pass.

ATHLETIC BILBAO cut their point gap on Barcelona and Atletico Madrid to 13 points after a comfortable 2-0 win over 9-man REAL BETIS. Iker Munian put the visitors in front from the spot,before Damien Perquis was given marching orders for a second bookable offence.

Lorenzo Reyes was shown a second Yellow card after the restart,to reduce the hosts to 9-men,as Bilbao took advantage to finish off the game through Guillermo with less than 10 minutes to play.

SPANISH LA LIGA MATCHDAY 25 RESULTS

VALLADOLID 1-1 LEVANTE

REAL MADRID 3-0 ELCHE

CELTA VIGO 1-1 GETAFE

REAL SOCIEDAD 3-1 BARCELONA

ALMERIA 0-0 MALAGA

RAYO VALLECANO 0-1 SEVILLA

REAL BETIS 0-2 ATHLETIC BILBAO

VALENCIA 2-1 GRANADA

OSASUNA 3-0 ATLETICO MADRID

FEBRUARY 24

22:00HRS ESPANYOL VS VILLARREAL

SPANISH LA LIGA TABLE

#	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Real Madrid	25	20	3	2	71	24	47	63
2	Barcelona	25	19	3	3	70	20	50	60
3	Atlético Madrid	25	19	3	3	59	19	40	60
4	Athletic	25	14	5	6	45	30	15	47
5	Real Sociedad	25	12	7	6	46	35	11	43
6	Villarreal	24	12	4	8	44	29	15	40
7	Valencia	25	10	5	10	38	36	2	35
8	Sevilla	25	9	8	8	43	41	2	35
9	Levante	25	8	9	8	24	31	-7	33
10	Espanyol	24	9	5	10	28	30	-2	32
11	Celta Vigo	25	8	6	11	32	36	-4	30
12	Osasuna	25	8	5	12	24	37	-13	29
13	Granada	25	8	3	14	22	32	-10	27
14	Elche	25	6	8	11	22	37	-15	26
15	Getafe CF	25	7	5	13	23	40	-17	26
16	Almería	25	7	5	13	24	42	-18	26
17	Málaga	25	6	7	12	23	34	-11	25
18	Valladolid	25	4	10	11	27	43	-16	22
19	Rayo	25	6	2	17	25	59	-34	20
20	Real Betis	25	3	5	17	20	55	-35	14

SPANISH LA LIGA TOP SCORERS

Player	Team	G	PG	FG
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	22	5	6
Diego Costa	Atlético Madrid	21	4	6
A. Sánchez	Barcelona	15	0	7
A. Griezmann	Real Sociedad	15	0	9
L. Messi	Barcelona	14	2	3
K. Benzema	Real Madrid	14	0	3
Pedro	Barcelona	13	0	2
C. Vela	Real Sociedad	10	0	5
G. Bale	Real Madrid	10	0	4
I. Rakitić	Sevilla	10	3	5
C. Bacca	Sevilla	10	0	4
Sergio García	Espanyol	10	4	6
G. dos Santos	Villarreal	9	1	3
Fàbregas	Barcelona	8	2	0
Neymar	Barcelona	7	1	4