Madrid:  Barcelona were held 1-1 by midtable Getafe, while Real Madrid were humiliated 2-0 to bogey team Deportivo Coruna. 

The results leave Sevilla on top, despite Saturday's 2-1 loss at Zaragoza. Sevilla have 37 points from 17 games, two points more than Barca, who have a game in hand.

After Sunday's loss Real remain in third place with 32 points, two more than Zaragoza and Valencia.

Barca went to Getafe without suspended stars Ronaldinho and Deco and without several injury victims. Getafe striker Daniel Guiza took advantage of a rare mistake by Rafa Marquez to make it 1-0 after 55 minutes. Ten minutes later, Xavi Hernandez levelled for Barca with an exquisite free-kick.
 

Gallant Getafe refused to settle for the draw, and Barca keeper Victor Valdes had to make several sharp saves at the end.
 

"In the circumstances,this draw is not really a bad result," said Barca coach Frank Rijkaard,

The draw looked even better two hours later, after Real had again been beaten in La Coruna.
 

Real have not won in Riazor since 1992 and never looked likely to this time, despite South American youngsters Fernando Gago and Marcelo making their debuts.

After just nine minutes, Joan Capedevila gave the hosts the lead with a clever free-kick that left Iker Casillas flat-footed.
 

Depor should have increased their lead before the break, though at the other end Real midfielder Emerson Ferreira hit the bar.

Depor continued to dominate after the restart and went ahead 2-0 in the 55th minute when Cristian Hidalgo turned in a centre from Angel Arizmendi - with Real claiming the ball had gone out of play.

Real went from bad to worse toward the end and could have conceded more goals.

"We were really poor tonight," conceded Real captain Raul Gonzalez.

The impressive win takes Deportivo up to seventh from bottom. Valencia, meanwhile, moved up to fifth with their fourth consecutive win, 1-0 at a Villarreal side that lacked creativity without Juan Roman Riquelme.

The only goal in Villarreal was put away 15 minutes from time by Valencia veteran Miguel Angel Angulo.

In sixth place with one point less than Valencia are Atletico Madrid. Just behind Atletico are surprise package Recreativo Huelva, who won at Espanyol with a solitary goal by Jesus Vazquez.
 

Another team to win on the road was Athletic Bilbao, for whom veteran Ismael Urzaiz scored twice in the 3-1 win at Mallorca.

Also staying above the danger zone is Levante, who beat Racing Santander 2-0 with goals from Diego Camacho and Olivier Kapo.

Luis Fernandez made a sound start in his new job as coach of Betis with a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo. The tight win, with a goal from Rafael Sobis, leaves Betis third from bottom but now just one point below free-falling Mallorca.