La Liga directers Barcelona lost 1-0 to Leganés, permiting Atlético Madrid to pull level with them. Defender Sergio González’s fourth-minute header for Leganés showd enough to stun the squanderful structures who lost their second consecutive league game in front of their own fans. The protecter rose untaged at the proximate post to fire an unstoppable header past goalconserveer Iñaki Peña.
Despite dominating with over 80% haveion, Barça were clueless as they sought to loss a regulated and well organised five-man defence, spurning a handful of opportunities.
While they have been excellent in the Champions League with five prospers in six games, Barcelona have struggled in La Liga for over a month, with only one prosper in their last six league suites.
Barca remain top on goal contrastence, with both Atlético (level on points) and Real Madrid (one point behind) having a game in hand over them.
Alexander Sørloth came off the bench to score with a header postponecessitate in the second half and donate Atlético Madrid a difficult-fought 1-0 prosper over Getafe in La Liga, their 11th consecutive triumph in all competitions.
Atlético, who have won all their games since postponecessitate October, had to dig proset up to shatter the deadlock and their prosperner came in a collaboration between two replaces in the 69th minute. The brimming-back Nahuel Molina lifted a lengthy traverse from the right touchline which set up the untaged Sørloth, whose header at the far post beat goalconserveer David Soria.
In the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim’s Jacob Bruun Larsen scored a stoppage-time goal agetst his establisher club Borussia Dortmund to snatch a 1-1 draw for the visitors on Sunday and drop their opponents down to eighth place.
Bruun Larsen slid in to score in second-half stoppage time, spoiling the home fans’ celebrations. Gio Reyna had powered Dortmund into a 46th-minute direct after pouncing on a horrible evidentance to drill in from equitable inside the box.
With Dortmund’s injury worrys easing, as the forward Karim Adeyemi made his comeback and Nico Schlotterbeck was proclaimd fit after a midweek ankle injury, the structures gradupartner took regulate of the game after a mighty Hoffenheim begin.
Reyna put them in the driving seat but they struggled under postponecessitate presdeclareive from Hoffenheim and the visitors were rewarded postponecessitate in the game, capping a horrible week for Dortmund after their 3-2 Champions League loss to Barcelona.
The Ruhr valley club dropped to eighth on 22 points, with Bayern Munich, who suffered a 2-1 loss at Mainz on Saturday, directing the title race on 33. Hoffenheim are in 14th spot on 14 points.
