La Liga Results 2017 Week 9: Final Scores and Updated Table After Sunday

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Real Madrid moved into third place in La Liga after a comfortable victory over Eibar at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.

The hosts took the lead through a Paulo Oliveira own goal before Marco Asensio powered home and Marcelo then capped the win with a fierce strike.

Earlier in the day, Atletico Madrid won at Celta Vigo, while Villarreal cruised past Las Palmas and Leganes continued their fine start with a victory over Athletic Bilbao.

     

Sunday's Results

Villarreal 4-0 Las Palmas

Celta Vigo 0-1 Atletico Madrid

Leganes 1-0 Athletic Bilbao

Real Madrid 3-0 Eibar

     

La Liga Standings (Goal Difference)

1. Barcelona 25 (23)

2. Valencia 21 (15)

3. Real Madrid 20 (11)

4. Atletico Madrid 19 (9)

5. Leganes 17 (5)

6. Villarreal 16 (5)

7. Real Betis 16 (2)

8. Sevilla 16 (1)

9. Real Sociedad 13 (2)

10. Celta Vigo 11 (4)

11. Athletic Bilbao 11 (0)

12. Levante 11 (-2)

13. Getafe 9 (1)

14. Espanyol 9 (-4)

15. Deportivo La Coruna 8 (-7)

16. Eibar 7 (-17)

17. Girona 6 (-6)

18. Las Palmas 6 (-15)

19. Alaves 3 (-11)

20. Malaga 1 (-16)

For the full table, visit WhoScored.com by clicking here.

     

Recap

Eibar got off to a strong start against Real Madrid, perhaps inspired by Los Blancos' poor home form—they had won just one of four in La Liga going into the game.

The visitors were also a little unfortunate with the opener, as Asensio's cross deflected off Sergio Ramos and defender Oliveira before it found the back of the net.

ESPN FC's Dermot Corrigan said he was unsure who would be claiming the goal: