Madrid were 3-0 up by half-time thanks to goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil and Angel Di Maria, before Gonzalo Higuain extended their lead eight minutes after the restart.

Ze Castro's own goal made it 5-0 before Juan Rodriguez pulled one back, but Ronaldo grabbed his second a minute from time to put the icing on the cake for Madrid, who finish the weekend third, two points behind leaders Valencia.

Emilio Nsue headed a shock equaliser to sting Barcelona as Pep Guardiola's men fell to fourth, a point behind Madrid, thanks to a 1-1 draw with Real Mallorca.

Lionel Messi gave Barca the lead after 20 minutes but young striker Nsue levelled for the islanders shortly before half-time.

Villarreal continued their excellent start to the season by beating Racing Santander 2-0 to stay second.

Nilmar opened the scoring with his fifth goal of the season after eight minutes and Giuseppe Rossi doubled the hosts' lead five minutes later.

New boss Gregorio Manzano enjoyed his first home match in charge as Sevilla jumped above Atletico Madrid with a 3-1 win.

Goals from Alvaro Negredo and Diego Perotti gave Sevilla a two-goal half-time lead, to which Frederic Kanoute added early in the second half.

Diego Costa pulled one back for Atletico, but Quique Sanchez Flores' team could not find another goal to make it a close finish.

Kalu Uche's missed penalty proved crucial as Almeria drew 1-1 with 10-man Malaga.

Malaga had seen Pereira Eliseu sent off in the 40th minute for violent conduct but took the lead through Quincy Owusu-Abeyie four minutes after the interval.

Uche then saw Ruben Martinez save his penalty, although he did grab his side's equaliser with 14 minutes remaining.

Levante came away from Osasuna with a barely deserved 1-1 draw after being outclassed by their hosts for much of the encounter at Estadio Reyno de Navarra.

After spurning a glut of chances, Osasuna finally went ahead through Walter Pandiani 18 minutes from time only for Levante to level through Sergio Gonzalez seven minutes later with their first shot on target.

Getafe picked up their third Primera Division victory of the season after comfortably seeing off promoted Hercules 3-0 at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez.

First-half goals from Dani Parejo and Manu del Moral set Getafe on their way and substitute Miku added a third late on to seal a convincing win for Michel's side, who also hit the woodwork twice. Hercules had Abel Aguilar sent off in the 89th minute.