Raul Tamudo and Luis Garcia scored a goal each on Sunday to give Espanyol a 2-1 win over Atletico Madrid in the Spanish league, extending the team's unbeaten run to 10.
Tamudo scored his 104th career goal in the eighth minute off a cross by Garcia after defender Luis Perea missed a clearance.
Striker Fernando Torres then headed in his fifth goal of the season in the 56th to equalize for Atletico, but Garcia scored the winner from a 25m free kick five minutes later to give Espanyol its first away win since January.
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Ismael Urzaiz scored two goals as Athletic Bilbao beat Recreativo Huelva 4-2 to move out of the relegation zone.
Recreativo defender Dani Bautista gave Athletic the lead in the sixth minute after heading a backpass behind goalkeeper Javier Vallejo.
Struggling Valencia beat Deportivo La Coruna 4-0 with two goals from David Villa and one apiece from Miguel Angel Angulo and Vicente Rodriguez. Deportivo defender Juanma was sent off in the 38th minute, after which the home side scored three more times having taken the lead in the 10th minute.
Gimnastic Tarragona earned a much-needed three points against Levante after going a goal down in the 28th minute.
David Garcia curled a free kick from just outside the area past the outstretched fingertips of goalkeeper Molina to equalize in the 41st, and Ruben Castro scored Gimnastic's winner in the 76th.
Celta Vigo were held 1-1 at home by Villareal after striker Fernando Baiano gave Celta the advantage with a header in the 17th minute. Diego Forlan equalized in the 65th minute.
Getafe drew 1-1 with Real Betis, striker Daniel "Guiza" Gonzalez scoring in the 50th minute before Betis equalized in the 86th.
Real Zaragoza's 2-0 win at Racing Santander moved it into fourth place.
Savo Milosevic, Javier Flano, Patxi Punal all scored in Osasuna's 3-0 home win over Real Mallorca.
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