La Liga: Sevilla held, Barcelona cruise to 4-0 win
Real Madrid will move 10 points clear at the top of La Liga later on Monday if they win away to Real Mallorca, after secondplaced Sevilla were held to a 1-1 draw away to Rayo Vallecano on Sunday.
Thomas Delaney's 63rd minute goal gave Sevilla a point with a smart far-post finish, after Bebe's control and powerful finish had put the home side ahead a minute into the second half.
Sevilla were given a penalty in the closing minutes after Rafa Mir looked to have had his shirt pulled, but VAR ruled it out, and in injury time Rayo keeper Stole Dimitrievski produced magnificent stops to deny Anthony Martial and Delaney, who saw a header bounce back off the post, Xinhua reports.
Barcelona enjoyed an easy 4-0 win at home to Osasuna to remain third. The game was as good as over before the half hour with two goals from Ferran Torres, the first of which came from the penalty spot and the second after an excellent pass from Ousmane Dembele.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made it 3-0 after more good work from Dembele and Barca were in cruise control until Riqui Puig scored an individual goal to make it 4-0 in the 76th minute.
Real Betis kept their topfour hopes open with a 1-0 win at home to Athletic Bilbao, thanks to Borja Iglesias header midway through the first half.
Athletic controlled the second half, but failed to create clear chances even after Betis were reduced to ten men after Nabil Fekir was sent off for a direct red card with 10 minutes left to play.
Martin Zubimendi's 70th minute header gave Real Sociedad a 1-0 win in their Basque derby at home to Alaves, to keep their top-four hopes alive and keep their rivals in the relegation zone.