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Ronaldo and Real Madrid pick up points as Barcelona and Atleti draw

Cristiano Ronaldo atoned for a glaring miss by scoring his first La Liga goal of the season as Real Madrid defeated cross-city rivals Getafe 2-1.

The reigning Spanish champions had gone ahead in the first half when Karim Benzema also opened his account in the division but Getafe levelled in controversial circumstances through Jorge Molina, who looked offside when he struck nine minutes into the second half.

After that Ronaldo, whose five previous goals this term had come in the Champions League or Spanish Super Cup, somehow prodded wide from close range only to make amends with the winner in the 85th minute.

Luis Suarez struck late to help Barcelona to a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium on Saturday night.

The result spoiled Barca's perfect start to the season, having won all of their previous matches, and allowed Real Madrid to pick up points on both of their main La Liga rivals.

Antoine Griezmann was twice denied by Marc-Andre ter Stegen before Saul opened the scoring with a spectacular strike from 20 yards that left the Barca keeper no chance.

The equaliser came in the 81st minute when Sergi Roberto's curled cross from the right side found Suarez, who smashed a header past Oblak to make it 1-1.

Suarez has now scored in three of his last four games against Atletico Madrid.

Sevilla suffered an eighth successive league defeat at Athletic Bilbao to see their hopes of turning the heat up on La Liga leaders Barcelona dashed.

With Barca facing unbeaten Atletico Madrid in the capital on Saturday evening, second-placed Sevilla could have cut the gap on the pacesetters to two points with victory at San Mames in the early kick-off.

However, Sevilla have not picked up a single point from their trips to Athletic since 2009 and, despite the home side languishing in mid-table and without a win in six competitive matches, it was the Basque outfit who emerged victorious.

That was thanks to Mikel Vesga's goal before half-time, with the midfielder coolly lofting his shot over Sergio Rico after Raul Garcia's attempted shot had deflected into his path just yards out.

Two goals in four second-half minutes earned Real Sociedad their first win in six games and a 2-0 victory over Alaves.

It took until the 77th minute for 20-year-old Mikel Oyarzabal to break the deadlock with his fourth goal in five games and Sociedad's advantage was soon doubled by Aritz Elustondo.

La Real won their opening four fixtures but then lost four in a row prior to a 4-4 draw with Real Betis before the international break.

Oyarzabal's left-footed opener came from a corner the home side failed to initially deal with and Elustondo soon got in on the act with an effort that looped over Fernando Pacheco via a Ruben Duarte deflection.

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