Back To First Place For Barca

Eight games were played Sunday in Spain's Premiera Division:

At Barcelona:

Goals from Javier Saviola (18') , Ludovic (68') , and Andres Iniesta (81') lifted Barcelona to a 3-0 home whitewashing of bottom-occupying Gimnastic de Tarragona, placing the hosts back at the top of the league standings.

At Mallorca:

Thanks to Jose Antonio Reyes' 78th-minute tally, Real Madrid got back on the winning track leaguewise with their 1-0 road win over Mallorca.

At La Coruna:

Visiting Espanyol and Deportivo La Coruna battled to a 0-0 draw.

At San Sebastian:

David Villa scored the only goal of the match as Valencia racked up a 1-0 road victory at Real Sociedad's expense.

At Madrid:

Manu's tally in the first minute held up as Getafe held off visiting Celta Vigo 1-0.

At Zaragoza:

Recreativo Huelva and homestanding Real Zaragoza played to a 0-0 deadlock.

At Valencia:

Another 0-0 stalemate, this one involving visiting Athletic Bilbao and Levante, two teams fighting to stay out of the relegation zone.

At Seville:

Real Betis settled for a 1-1 home deadlock with Racing Santander. For the visitors, Ezequiel Garay put them ahead briefly on his successful penalty kick (85') only to see Los Beticos tie it up two minutes later on Xisco's equalizer.