Sociedad beats Deportivo to stay perfect

Real Sociedad has become the early surprise in the Spanish league, starting with a perfect record to join Barcelona at the top of the standings.

Sociedad scored twice early and twice late to defeat Deportivo La Coruna 4-2 on Sunday, becoming the only team other than Barcelona with three victories.

Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao are two points off the lead, while defending champion Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid dropped four points back after being held to disappointing draws on Saturday.

Sociedad took an early lead in La Coruna with two goals in the first four minutes at the Riazor Stadium, and secured the victory with two more in the last 10 minutes after the hosts had equalized early in the second half.

“The match got complicated for us,” Sacristan said. “They started playing better but we were able to turn things around again. We regained control of the match and went for the victory. We were not content with only a draw after having the lead that we had.”

Saturday Real Madrid-Levante ....................... 1-1 Valencia-Atl. Madrid ....................... 0-0 Sevilla-Eibar ..................................... 3-0 Barcelona-Espanyol ......................... 5-0 Yesterday Dep. La Coruna-Real Sociedad ........ 2-4 Ath Bilbao-Girona ............................ 2-0 Celta Vigo-Alaves ............................ 1-0 Villarreal-Betis ................................. 3-1 Today Malaga-Las Palmas

Standings

Barcelona Real Sociedad Sevilla Ath Bilbao Leganes Atl. Madrid Real Madrid Levante Valencia Getafe Girona Celta Vigo Villarreal Betis Eibar Dep. La Coruna Espanyol Malaga Alaves Las Palmas 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2

9 10 5 3 3 7 6 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 5 5 6 4 9 7 2 4 6 9 9 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0