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Barcelona stays on top

MADRID: Lionel Messi and Seydou Keita scored second-half goals on Sunday to give Barcelona a 2-0 victory over Recreativo Huelva and open up a three-point lead atop the Spanish football league after its closest rivals all failed to win.

Meanwhile in the Italian Serie ‘A,’ AC Milan edged last-placed Chievo Verona 1-0 with a controversial penalty to remain within one point of leader Inter Milan. Barca’s Messi fired a left-footed shot into the top corner at the near post in the 51st minute after a set move from a free kick.

After coming on as a substitute, Keita tapped in Samuel Eto’o’s shot in the 86th to extend the Catalans’ unbeaten run to 16 games — including nine straight league wins.

Barcelona has 28 points. Villarreal is second after allowing an injury-time goal to earlier draw 2-2 at Malaga.

Sunday’s results:

Spanish league: Getafe 0 lost to Sevilla 2 (Fabiano 36, De Mul 90); Malaga 2 (Duda 29, Helder 90) drew with Villarreal 2 (Rossi 7, Llorente 49); Almeria 2 (Negredo 44, 68-pen) bt Real Mallorca 1 (Keita 90); Atletico Madrid 4 (Heitinga 26, Forlan 52, 81, Maxi Rodriguez 67) bt Deportivo la Coruna 1 (Filipe 86); Espanyol 3 (Hurtado 35, Jarque 63, Tamudo 67-pen) lost to Numancia 4 (Nagore 14, Goiria 52, Barkero 84, Bellvis 90); Real Betis 3 (Garcia 27, 71, Emana 37) bt Racing Santander 1 (Munitis 86); Athletic Bilbao 2 (Garmendia 15, Llorente 88) bt Osasuna 0; Barcelona 2 (Messi 51, Keita 86) bt Recreativo Huelva 0.

Italian Serie ‘A’: AS Roma 1 (Baptista 50) bt Lazio 0; Atalanta 3 (Ferreira Pinto 62, Manfredini 89, Floccari 90) bt Napoli 1 (Hamsik 73-pen); Cagliari 1 (Acquafresca 31-pen) bt Fiorentina 0; Catania 3 (Mascara 8, 39, 80) bt Torino 2 (Colombo 6, Amoruso 50-pen); AC Milan 1 (Kaka 15-pen) bt Chievo 0; Sampdoria 3 (Delvecchio 11, Cassano 14, Stankevicius 60) bt Lecce 2 (Tiribocchi 55, 82); Siena 1 (Ghezzal 22) drew with Bologna 1 (Di Vaio 45-pen); Udinese 0 lost to Reggina 1 (Brienza 60). — Agencies

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