Valencia loses to 10-man Getafe, trails Barcelona by 5 pts
Even without playing, Barcelona was the big winner in the Spanish league yesterday.
A day after being held to a 2-2 home draw against Celta Vigo — giving its nearest challengers a chance to move closer — the Catalan club saw its advantage at the top increase after second-place Valencia lost 1-0 to 10-man Getafe.
Valencia played with an extra man from the 25th minute at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez as Mauro Arambarri was sent off for a foul that prompted his second yellow card in a four-minute span. The Uruguay midfielder had been shown his first card in the 21st after another foul.
Bergara netted the winner with a shot from outside the area in the 66th. The ball changed direction after hitting a defender, fooling Valencia goalkeeper Neto.
Valencia nearly equalized less than 10 minutes later when Parejo struck the post with a free-kick shot that was barely redirected by Getafe goalkeeper Vicente Guaita. LEGANES RALLY
Leganes scored three goals in the final 20 minutes to defeat Villarreal 3-1 and halt a four-game losing streak.
The southern Madrid club moved from 11th to seventh in the standings, only one point behind sixth-place Villarreal.
The last league win for Leganes had been against Athletic Bilbao in October, although it recently had two Copa del Rey victories against second-division club Valladolid in the Round of 32.
Daniel "Raba" Rabaseda put Villarreal ahead in the 60th at Butarque Stadium, but the hosts recovered with goals by Diego Rico in the 72nd, Nabil El Zhar in the 81st and Gabriel Pires in injury time.
Leganes had scored only once in its last four league games. EIBAR WIN AGAIN Eibar comfortably defeated Espanyol 3-1 for its third straight win in the league.
The result moved the Basque Country club to 13th place. It has 17 points, one more than Espanyol. Yesterday H. Berlin-E. Frankfurt ........................ 1-2 Wolfsburg-B. M’gladbach ................. 3-0
Standings
P W D L F A Pts B. Munich 14 10 2 2 34 11 32 RB Leipzig 14 8 2 4 22 19 26 Schalke 14 7 4 3 22 16 25 B. M’dbach 14 7 3 4 23 25 24 Hoffenheim 14 6 5 3 25 18 23 Dortmund 14 6 4 4 34 21 22 FC Augsburg 14 6 4 4 21 16 22 E. Frankfurt 14 6 4 4 16 14 22 B. Leverkusen 14 5 6 3 27 19 21 Hannover 14 5 4 5 17 19 19 Wolfsburg 14 3 8 3 20 19 17 Hertha Berlin 14 4 5 5 19 21 17 VfB Stuttgart 14 5 2 7 13 17 17 .Mainz 05 14 4 3 7 15 22 15 Hamburger 14 4 2 8 13 20 14 SC Freiburg 14 2 6 6 925 12 W. Bremen 14 2 5 7 916 11 FC Koln 14 0 311 6 27 3