Espanyol continued his brilliant career and won 2-0 on Sunday to beat Wesca to win his third win in four matches and move to second place in the Primera Liga behind Barcelona.
The Catalans were in fifth place, two points behind leaders Sevilla, but their arch-rivals Barcelona beat Spain 4-2 on Saturday, while Atletico Madrid drew 1-1 with Villarreal. At home to Levante 1-2.
The loss of Sevilla, Real and Atletico drew Espanyol, who became behind leaders Barcelona, after their third win in the last four and fifth stages of the season thanks to Borja Iglesias, who scored the two goals against Huesca (41 and 64) , bringing the final defeat to the sixth bottom.
Athletic Bilbao have suffered from the curse of the matches they have been chasing since late August, this time away to Ibar.
After the start of the season with a 2-1 victory over Liganes, the Basque club failed to score a victory but suffered only two defeats. The other five ended with a draw, including Sunday's 17-minute penalty from Brazilian Charles Diaz. He quickly realized the draw by Inaki Williams (21).
Bilbao moved up to eight points in the 17th place, while Ibar scored 11 points in 12th place.
Getafe returned from Rio Viacano for the first time since September 16 and third this season, with two goals from Frenchman Dimitri Volckier 63 and Sergio Akiemi 67 for a goal for Raul de Thomas. 74 was not enough to keep the win away from his side, Only once this season were on September 14 (on Huesca 1-0).
