La Liga: Madrid derby draw opens door for Barcelona, who lose to Malaga

A roundup of Saturday’s action in Spain’s top flight…

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Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Antoine Griezmann played the part of hero, Atleti’s superstar savior bagging his 15th league goal this season to steal a point for the visiting Rojiblancos. Pepe headed Madrid into the lead in the 52nd minute, and that looked set to be the difference on the day, but Griezmann was perfectly played through by Angel Correa in the 85th minute, and Keylor Navas was quickly rounded for the late equalizer.

GOAAAAAAAL!@realmadrid take the lead through a @officialpepe header! 1-0! #RealMadridAtleti #LaLiga https://t.co/ATWt918gIh

— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) April 8, 2017

GOOOOOOOOOAL!@realmadrid STUNNED, It's THAT MAN @AntoGriezmann! 1-1 OUT OF NOWHERE! #LaLiga https://t.co/rqg6OTBde6

— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) April 8, 2017

Two points dropped would have been a gigantic blow to Madrid’s title hopes, if not for…

Malaga 2-0 Barcelona

Barcelona can’t seem to get out of their own way during league play this season. Every time Madrid slip up and open the door for a Blaugrana revival, Barca find a new way to blow the opportunity. On Saturday, the two-time defending champs went a goal down to Malaga after 32 minutes, saw Neymar sent off after 65 minutes, and ultimately fell to 2-0 after 90 minutes.

Bad moves from @neymarjr as his challenge earns him his second yellow against @MalagaCF #beINLaLiga https://t.co/FqUNL9Y44P

— beIN SPORTS USA (@beINSPORTSUSA) April 8, 2017

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Home	Away	PTS
Real Madrid	30	22	6	2	79	31	48	12-4-0	10-2-2	72
Barcelona	31	21	6	4	88	28	60	11-3-1	10-3-3	69
Atlético Madrid	31	18	8	5	56	24	32	11-2-2	7-6-3	62
Sevilla	31	18	7	6	56	39	17	11-3-1	7-4-5	61
Villarreal	31	15	9	7	45	24	21	9-3-4	6-6-3	54
Athletic	31	15	5	11	40	36	4	11-3-2	4-2-9	50
Real Sociedad	30	15	4	11	43	41	2	7-4-4	8-0-7	49

Elsewhere in La Liga

Sevilla 4-2 Deportivo La Coruña
Espanyol 1-0 Alaves

Sunday’s La Liga schedule

Granada vs. Valencia — 6 a.m. ET
Celta Vigo vs. Eibar — 10:15 a.m. ET
Osasuna vs. Leganes — 12:30 p.m. ET
Las Palmas vs. Real Betis — 2:45 p.m. ET

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