Spanish "La Liga" championship three matches of the 36th round were played on Sunday.
Madrid's "Atletico" team experienced an unexpected failure at home. Diego Simeone's players lost 0-2 to 15th-placed Barcelona's "Espanyol" team.
The visitors from Catalonia punished their opponents in the second half. Oscar Melendo scored in the 53rd minute, and Leo Baptistao secured the victory in the 77th minute.
"Atletico" remains in second place, but Madrid's "Real" club has played two fewer matches and could push their opponents down to third place with a successful performance.
In another match, where "Malaga" clashed with "Alaves," the victory was achieved by the visitors from Vitoria. Madrid's "Getafe" also earned three points in their match.
Results:
"Atletico" 0 - 2 "Espanyol" (VIDEO)
53' [0 - 1] O. Melendo
77' [0 - 2] L. Baptistao
"Malaga" 0 - 3 "Alaves"
3' [0 - 1] M. Garcia
68' [0 - 2] E. Demirovič
70' [0 - 3] Ibai
"Las Palmas" 0 - 1 "Getafe"
88' [0 - 1] Angel
League table:
