Espanyol complete Barcelona-Madrid double

On Saturday, champions Barcelona were 3-1 victors at Real Madrid and their city neighbours stormed into an early lead over visiting Atletico.

Joan Verdu scored twice inside the first eight minutes and Ndri Romaric added a third in the 20th before Atletico were able to react.

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