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La Liga Review: Big wins for Barcelona and Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid stay top

Atletico Madrid maintained their two-point lead at the top of La Liga courtesy of a 3-0 victory at Las Palmas on Sunday, while Barcelona and Real Madrid both recorded big wins.

A first goal of the season for Filipe Luis and a brace from top scorer Antoine Griezmann ultimately secured a ninth win in the last ten league games for Diego Simeone's men, but they were made to work hard by a Las Palmas side that has edged away from the relegation zone in recent weeks.

Neymar doubled the hosts' lead before the break, while in the second half, Suarez completed a hat-trick and Ivan Rakitic also found the net as Luis Enrique's men ran riot.

Zinedine Zidane's men eased up after the break, failing to add to their tally and allowing Isma Lopez to fire home a consolation goal for the visitors.

Jozabed gave the visitors a deserved early lead at the Mestalla, before Alvaro Negredo's stunning long-range effort made it 1-1 just after the break.

Diego Llorente then restored the visitors' lead and they looked set to register just their second away win of the campaign until Paco Alcacer snatched a point for Neville's side with an 88th-minute leveller.

Getafe, meanwhile, enjoyed a 3-1 home win against Espanyol, with goals from Pedro Leon, Pablo Sarabia and Moises Gomez cancelling out Hernan Perez's opener for the visitors.