La Liga leaders of Barcelona lost 1-0 to Leganesallowing Atlético Madrid draw even Defending Sergio González’s fourth-minute header proved enough to stun Leganés’ prodigious team, who lost their second consecutive game in front of their own fans. The defender fired relentlessly at the near post to fire an unstoppable header past goalkeeper Iñaki Peña.
Despite dominating 80% of the possession, Barça were helpless trying to overcome a disciplined and well-prepared five-man defense, conceding a few chances.
While they were excellent in the Champions League with five wins out of six; of Barcelona He has struggled for more than a month in La Liga, with only one victory in the last six league matches.
Barca remain top on goal difference, with both Atlético (level on points) and Real Madrid (one point behind) having a game in hand.
Alexander Sørloth came off the bench to score with a header late in the half and do Atlético Madrid hard fought 1-0 council over Getafe in The covenanttheir 11 triumphs in every contest.
Atlético, who have won all of their games since late October, had to dig deep to dig the deadly ropes and their winner came on a collaboration between two substitutes in the 69th minute. Nahuel Molina lifted a full back cross long from the right touch that found the mark of Sørloth, whose header was beaten to the far post by David Soria.
In the Bundesliga, HoffenheimJacob Bruun Larsen scored a stoppage time goal against his former club Borussia Dortmund as the visitors drew 1-1 on Sunday and dropped their opponents down to eighth place.
Bruun Larsen slipped as he limped off in second-half stoppage time, spoiling the home fans’ celebrations. Gio Reyna was able to give Dortmund a 46th-minute lead after drilling in a poor clearance from just inside the box.
With Dortmund managing an injury, as ahead of Karim Adeyemi’s return, Nico Schlotterbeck was declared fit after an ankle injury in midweek, the team gradually took control of the game after Hoffenheim’s strong start.
Reyna put them in the driving seat but they struggled under a lot of pressure from Hoffenheim and the visitors conceded late in the game, capping a bad week for Dortmund after a 3-2 Champions League loss to Barcelona.
The Ruhr Valley club dropped to eighth on 22 points, while Bayern Munich, who suffered a 2-1 defeat at Mainz on Saturday, are in the title race at 33. Hoffenheim are on 14 points from 14 spots.