Celta de Vigo, Eibar miss chance to usurp Barcelona

Madrid - Celta de Vigo and Basque minnow Eibar missed their chance to return to the top of La Liga after being held by Las Palmas and Malaga respectively on Sunday.

Vigo, held 3-3, looked well on course to move back above Barcelona after Las Palmas had goalkeeper Javi Varas sent off after just 11 minutes for bringing down Iago Aspas.

Fabian Orellana converted the resulting penalty before Daniel Wass added a second for the hosts.

Sergio Araujo pulled a goal back, but Nolito handed Celta its two-goal cushion once more just after halftime.

Yet, despite playing for 80 minutes with a man less, the Canary Islanders salvaged a point through goals from Asdrubal Hernandez and David Simon.

Eibar, meanwhile, was happy to settle for a point in a 0-0 draw at La Rosaleda as it continued its remarkable unbeaten start to the campaign.

Villarreal moved up to fourth with a 3-1 win at Granada thanks to goals from Manu Trigueros, Cedric Bakambu, and Samuel Garcia.

Athletic Bilbao got its first league win of the season as Aritz Aduriz scored twice in a 3-1 victory over Getafe.

Aduriz nodded the host into an early lead before Raul Garcia's scored on his debut.

Emiliano Velazquez halved the deficit 21 minutes from time, but another calm finish from Aduriz propelled Athletic from bottom of the table into the top half.