Hat trick hero Keita sinks Zaragoza
A hat-trick from Seydou Keita helped Barcelona on their way to a 6-1 rout of Real Zaragoza as the defending champions regained their three-point lead at the top of the Primera Division.
Keita struck after 25, 41 and 86 minutes at the Nou camp with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (29, 56) adding two more as Pep Guardiola's side ran riot.
Lionel Messi was also on the scoresheet for the home side with his goal coming two minutes after Jorge Lopez had grabbed Zaragoza's only reply.
Barca remain unbeaten in the competition and continue to hold the advantage over second-placed Real Madrid.
Valencia moved into fourth place in the standings with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Almeria.
Pablo Hernandez set up David Villa for his side's first, and brought about the foul that saw Almeria goalkeeper Diego Alves sent off.
Hernandez then capped a fine performance with a brilliant long-range lob to double the visitors' lead with Juan Manuel Mata drilling home a low shot late on to complete a pleasing night's work for Unai Emery's men.
Nauzet Aleman scored twice as lowly Real Valladolid outplayed high-flying Deportivo La Coruna in a convincing 4-0 victory.
Aleman netted a 19th-minute opener from close range and struck his second two minutes into the second half.
Diego Costa scored a third after 77 minutes before Valladolid secured a second win of the season with Haris Medunjanin's 88th-minute effort.
Villarreal moved off the bottom of the table with a 2-1 win over fellow strugglers Malaga in what was a first league victory for Ernesto Valverde's side at the eighth time of asking.
Valverde saw his side go ahead through Nilmar after 27 minutes of play, and although Albert Luque equalised at the end of the first half, Villarreal took all three points thanks to a Joan Capdevila free-kick after 54 minutes.
A goal by Manuel Arana in the fifth minute of injury-time earned Racing Santander a 1-1 draw after Walter Pandiani appeared to have guided Osasuna to victory.
Pandiani struck eight minutes after half-time and with just seconds to go Osasuna were on the brink of their second away win until Aruna struck to earn a vital point for the hosts.
Roberto Soldado and Dani Parejo fired second-half goals to help Getafe register a 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao, who lost Carlos Gurpegi and Ustaritz Aldekoaotalora to red cards at the end of either half.
Alejandro Alfaro's 17th-minute goal saw Tenerife edge out Xerez 1-0 in a game between two promoted sides.
Real Madrid, hamstrung by the absence of four key forwards, drew their first blank of the season on Saturday night as they were held to a goalless draw by Sporting Gijon at El Molinon.
Already without Cristiano Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy because of injury, Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini also had to do without Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain for the trip to Gijon due to niggles, and without that forward power the big-spending capital club could not find the breakthrough.
In the first half Kaka brought a good save out of home custodian Juan Pablo Colinas from the edge of the box, and the visitors went close again on the half-hour mark when Raul stabbed the ball wide on the turn following a goalmouth scramble in the Sporting area.
Iker Casillas had to be alert to deny Miguel De las Cuevas before the break, although the best chance of the match arrived in the 52nd minute, when a Kaka cut-back found Esteban Granero, whose first-time shot was brilliantly blocked by Colinas.
Colinas, who also saved from Kaka and Pepe in the second half, did pick the ball out of the net in the 77th minute but was relieved to see Raul's effort ruled out for either offside or for handball against Kaka - neither of which looked obvious from television replays.
Atletico Madrid suffered another embarrassing setback after conceding an injury-time equaliser to nine-man Real Mallorca as the Rojiblancos drew 1-1 in their first game following the departure of coach Abel Resino.
Atletico, despite being far from impressive, had still looked to be heading for a much-needed victory thanks to Diego Forlan's 52nd-minute penalty.
However, Mallorca heaped more misery on their hosts by drawing level in the 91st minute when home goalkeeper David De Gea deflected Borja Valero's low cross into his own net.
To make matters even more humiliating for Atletico, Mallorca had been playing with only 10 men since the 27th minute following Josemi's sending off, and with just nine since Ivan Ramis was red carded six minutes after the break.
Both of those dismissals were for second yellow cards handed out for handballs that resulted in penalties for Atletico, and although Forlan missed the first one, the Uruguayan made no mistake with the second to put the hosts ahead.
In the evening's late kick-off Sevilla and Espanyol fought out a goalless draw.
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