Real clobbers Deportivo, Barca held
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October 5, 2010, Tuesday
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REAL Madrid took full advantage of a slip-up by Barcelona with a sparkling 6-1 victory over Deportivo Coruna to climb above its arch-rival into third place in the La Liga standings on Sunday.
Real coach Jose Mourinho had warned that an opponent would soon pay for his side's recent goal drought and Depor was the whipping boy on a rain-sodden night at the Bernabeu.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Angel Di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain put Real 4-0 ahead by the 53rd minute before Depor defender Ze Castro stroked the ball into his own net.
Juan Rodriguez scored a consolation for the visitors and Ronaldo raced on to Xabi Alonso's pass to complete the rout as Real doubled its season's goal tally to 12 from six matches.
"We have to be happy with what was a very complete performance," Real midfielder Alonso said in a television interview. "It was important to get the early goal and we're happy for the forwards above all."
Barcelona had earlier failed to capitalize on a clinical Lionel Messi strike at home to Real Mallorca and the champion conceded a soft goal just before halftime to draw 1-1 at the Nou Camp.
Real has 14 points, two behind leader Valencia, which secured its place at the top for another week with a 2-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.
Villarreal is second on 15 after it recorded a fifth successive victory by beating Racing Santander 2-0 thanks to goals from Nilmar and Giuseppe Rossi.
Barcelona has 13 in fourth, one ahead of Sevilla.
Alvaro Negredo scored one and created another to inspire the Andalusians to a 3-1 home win over Atletico Madrid on new coach Gregorio Manzano's home debut.
In Italy, Inter Milan drew 0-O with bitter Serie A rival Juventus on Sunday after the two tired sides failed to end a San Siro stalemate despite decent chances.
The result meant champion Inter finished the weekend in second spot, two points behind new leader Lazio which beat Brescia 1-0 in Rome to move on to 13 points from six games.
Napoli is third after beating AS Roma 2-0 while AC Milan, in fourth, edged Parma 1-0 on Saturday.
Elsewhere in Serie A, it was: Palermo 2, Fiorentina 1; Genoa 2, Bari 1; Sampdoria 1, Bologna 1; Chievo Verona 0, Cagliari 0; and Lecce 1, Catania 0.
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