MADRID, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid moved to within a point of FC Barcelona at the top of La Liga and with a game in hand after a straightforward 2-0 win at home to Getafe on Sunday.

Madrid went into the game after a 2-0 defeat away to Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League but was rarely in trouble after Getafe defender Allan Nyom was penalized for a shirt pull on Antonio Rudiger, allowing Jude Bellingham to score from the penalty spot after 30 minutes.

A ball into space allowed Kylian Mbappe to add a second goal seven minutes from halftime, and Real Madrid should have won by more as the forward wasted two other good scoring chances.

Donny van de Beek and Ladislav Krejci scored second-half goals as Girona came back from 2-0 down to save a point away to Villarreal.

The home side looked to be cruising to an easy win after Thierno Barry and Alex Baena put it 2-0 up by the 46th minute, but Girona clawed its way back, with Krejci's volleyed goal from outside of the area coming in the seventh minute of injury time.

Villarreal's draw allowed Athletic Bilbao to move fourth in the table after two goals from Oihan Sancet saw it come back from a goal down to win 2-1 away to Rayo Vallecano.

Randy Nteka took advantage of an error from Aitor Paredes' poor back-pass to put Rayo ahead in the 14th minute, and Athletic failed to break Rayo down until substitute Sancet hit a volley from a narrow angle to convert Nico Williams' cross with 25 minutes left to play.

He then curled in a first-time shot from outside of the area to make it 2-1 as Athletic won for the first time in five attempts after playing midweek European football.

Real Sociedad won 2-0 at home to Real Betis thanks to a 14th-minute own goal from Diego Llorente, with the former Real Sociedad player sliding a cross into his own net.

Mikel Oyarzabal doubled the lead from the penalty spot after the VAR decreed penalty from Romain Perraud's slight touch on the forward.

On Saturday, Las Palmas ruined FC Barcelona's 125th birthday celebrations with an impressive 2-1 win away to the league leader in Montjuic.

Las Palmas had threatened before Barca lost left-back Alejandro Balde after a first-half collision and although Raphinha hit the bar for Barcelona on the stroke of halftime, former Barca player Sandro Ramirez put Las Palmas ahead early in the second half with a low shot.

Raphinha equalized with a low shot soon afterwards, but six minutes later Fabio Silva beat the offside trap and beat Inaki Pena with a bouncing shot.

Atletico Madrid had an easy 5-0 win away to bottom side Real Valladolid, who sacked coach Paulo Pezzolano after the game ended.

Clement Lenglet, Julian Alvarez and Rodrigo De Paul all scored before halftime, with Antoine Griezmann and Alexander Sorloth completing the rout after the break.

Espanyol ended a run of consecutive defeats with a 3-1 win at home to Celta Vigo.

Irvin Cardona and Leandro Cabrera opened the scoring, with Walid Cheddira securing the points after Iago Aspas' penalty for Celta.

Carlos Vicente's 87th-minute shot saved a point for Alaves at home to Leganes, who had looked to be good value for Oscar Rodriguez's close-range header.

The weekend kicked off on Friday night with Mallorca beating Valencia 2-1 to keep the visitor in the relegation zone, with Cyle Larin and substitute Abdon Prats turning the score around after Luis Rioja's 32nd-minute penalty for Valencia. Enditem

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