Villarreal kept its hopes of Champions League football next season alive as Samu Castillejo’s 93rd minute winner secured a vital 1-0 win at Real Sociedad on Sunday.
Villarreal’s Bruno Soriano headed against the bar from point-blank range and substitute Nicola Sansone had a strong penalty appeal waived.
Yet, the visitor got its reward with the last attack of the game as Jaume Costa’s brilliant in-swinging cross was volleyed home first time by Castillejo.
On Saturday, Gareth Bale made an instant impact on his return from injury as Real Madrid extended its lead at the top with a 2-0 win over Espanyol.
Bale had only been on the pitch 13 minutes after three months on the sidelines due to ankle ligament damage when he swept home into the far corner seven minutes from time to round off a rapid Real counter-attack.
The results:
La Liga: OnSaturday: Real Madrid 2 (Morata 33, Bale 83) bt Espanyol 0; Sevilla 2 (Sarabia 30, Vitolo 90+1) bt Eibar 0; Deportivo La Coruna 0 lost to Alaves 1 (Manu Garcia 68-pen). On Sunday: Real Sociedad 0 lost to Villarreal 1 (Castillejo 90+3); Valencia 2 (Nani 13, Zaza 45) bt Athletic Bilbao 0 .
Serie A: Saturday: Atalanta 1 (Conti 48) bt Crotone 0; Empoli 1 (Krunic 67) lost to Lazio 2 (Immobile 68, Keita 80). On Sunday: Bologna 0 lost to Inter Milan 1 (Barbosa 81).
Bundesliga: On Saturday: Hamburg 2 (Hunt 15, Gregoritsch 57) drew with Freiburg 2 (Philipp 23, Grifo 72). On Sunday: Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Vestergaard 81) lost to RB Leipzig 2 (Forsberg 31, Werner 55).
FA Cup: On Saturday: Burnley 0 lost to Lincoln 1 (Raggett 89); Huddersfield 0 drew with Manchester City 0; Middlesbrough 3 (Leadbitter 26-pen, Gestede 34, Stuani 86) bt Oxford 2 (Maguire 64, Martinez 65); Millwall 1 (Cummings 90) bt Leicester 0; Wolves 0 lost to Chelsea 2 (Pedro 65, Costa 89).
On Sunday: Fulham 0 lost to Tottenham 3 (Kane 16, 51, 73); Blackburn 1 (Graham 17) lost to Manchester United 2 (Rashford 27, Ibrahimovic 75).
