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La Liga: Eibar hold Real Madrid, Atletico go top

Real Madrid surrendered top spot in La Liga as they failed to win for a fourth consecutive game.

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Real Madrid have failed to ease the pressure on their manager Zinedine Zidane, as they were held to a 1-all draw by Eibar at the Santiago Bernabeu. 

Just 8 minutes into the match and Fran Rico shocked the home crowd after putting his side in the lead with a powerful header.

Eibar's forward Sergi Enrich (L) vies with Real Madrid's French defender Raphael Varane during the Spanish league football match Real Madrid CF vs SD Eibar at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on October 2, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

But, Los Blancos leveled the scoring 11 minutes later when Cristiano Ronaldo sent a superb delivery into the box and Gareth Bale was on hand to convert it with a cool header, making it 1-all.

The Galaticos had a few chances to win it in the 2nd period, but Eibar were resilient enough to not concede and finally managed to go home with a single point, as Real drew their 4th successive match in all competitions.

That’s while, Atletico Madrid have registered a 2-0 victory over Valencia with the help of Antoine Griezmann at the Mestalla Stadium.

After missing a penalty for the visitors in the 1st half, Griezmann gave Atletico the lead after the interval by scoring on a rebound to make it 1-0.

Atletico Madrid's French forward Antoine Griezmann (2nd R) celebrates a goal with teammates during the Spanish league football match Valencia FC vs Club Atletico de Madrid at Mestalla stadium in Valencia on October 2, 2016. (Photo by AFP)

Diego Simone’s men won another penalty in the 69th minute but Diego Alves came to Valencia’s rescue again to remarkably save another penalty, this time from Gabi.

Atletico, however, made sure of all 3 points in extra-time when Kevin Gameiro raced into the area and drilled a low shot past Alves.