Barcelona restored their three-point lead at the top of LaLiga after Fermín López scored twice to secure a 2-1 comeback victory at Atlético Madrid on Nov. 8, ESPN reported.
The result gave Barcelona 11 wins from 12 league matches, with one defeat. Atlético finished the match with nine wins, one draw and two defeats from their 12 games.
Giuliano Simeone put Atlético ahead in the 10th minute at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano. López equalised in the 45th minute before scoring the winner in the 66th.
López was the match's top performer with two goals, and attendance reached 69,788. His second goal completed the scoring after Atlético had taken the lead in the opening 10 minutes.
Real Betis beat Elche 2-0 away on the same day, with Rodrigo Riquelme and Marc Bartra scoring in the final nine minutes of regulation time.
Riquelme opened the scoring in the 81st minute at Estadio Martínez Valero. Bartra added the second with a header in the 89th, eight minutes after Riquelme's goal.
The match drew 26,884 spectators. Betis finished with eight wins, two draws and two defeats, while Elche's record stood at two wins, four draws and six defeats.
Villarreal also won 2-0 at home, beating Getafe at Estadio de la Cerámica in front of 17,102 spectators. Both goals came in the 80th minute or later.
Tajon Buchanan scored the opener in the 80th minute, and Carlos Romero added the second in the first minute of stoppage time to complete Villarreal's victory.
Villarreal's record stood at four wins, three draws and five defeats after the match. Getafe finished with three wins, three draws and six defeats from their 12 games.
Real Sociedad beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 at Reale Arena, with Orri Óskarsson scoring the only goal in the 67th minute. The victory was Sociedad's seventh of the league season.
Sociedad had one draw and four defeats alongside those seven wins. Rayo finished the match with three wins, three draws and five defeats from their 11 games.
Celta Vigo and Levante drew 0-0 at Balaidos in front of 19,207 spectators. Celta finished with two wins, seven draws and three defeats, while Levante had two wins, five draws and five defeats.
Barcelona were the only away winners across the five completed matches on Nov. 8 alongside Betis. Sociedad and Villarreal won at home, while Celta and Levante shared the day's only draw.
