Barcelona could only muster a 1-1 draw at Getafe on Saturday in La Liga as they were unable to recover ground on the top two in the Spanish title race.
La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid's club-record 15-game winning run comes to an end with a surprise defeat at neighbours Leganes.
On Matchday 19 in La Liga, Jamie Kemp takes a look across three weekend fixtures, including Osasuna's trip to face a surging Atletico Madrid side
BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona was bested yet again by Getafe’s defence in a 1-1 draw in La Liga on Saturday ... after a late penalty miss by Antoine Griezmann. Barcelona got its first goal ...
Barcelona: Antoine Griezmann missed a 90th-minute penalty and Atletico Madrid’s club record of 15 consecutive wins ended following a surprising 1-0 loss at Leganes in La Liga on Saturday.
Barcelona could only muster a 1-1 draw at Getafe on Saturday in La Liga as they were unable to recover ground on the top two in the Spanish title race. Jules Kounde sent the visitors ahead early on but Mauro Arambarri levelled for Getafe in the first half and Barcelona could not break down Jose Bordalas' well-drilled side.
Real Madrid returned to the top of La Liga this weekend after Atletico Madrid lost in Leganes and Barcelona were held by Getafe in Matchday 20 in Spanish top-flight football. The record 36-time winner Real Madrid,
A little more than two years after a heartbreaking group stage elimination, Atlético de Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen will meet again in the Champions League on Tuesday in a vital showdown for positioning in the league phase table.
Leverkusen is currently in fourth place with four wins and a draw in six games. Atletico is on the outside of the top eight looking in, with 12 points. The winner of this game will gain a massive advantage over the rest of the field to qualify for the next round.
The UEFA Champions League returns from its winter break this week, earlier than usual ahead of a consequential round of fixtures to close out the competition's first edition of the league phase. Several continental heavyweights will take part in must-win games on Matchday 7 after struggling over the course of the season,
Their 6-0 win over Ipswich was the 13th time Manchester City have scored six or more goals in a Premier League game under Pep Guardiola, as many times as Arsène Wenger's Arsenal did, with only Alex Ferguson's Manchester United (14) doing it more often.