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Atletico Madrid were comfortable 3-0 winners over struggling Valencia in the highlight of Saturday's La Liga action.
Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, Yannick Carrasco doubled the advantage just after half-time and Thomas Lemar added a 67th-minute third for Diego Simeone's side.
Celta Vigo boosted their European hopes with a 3-1 victory over Espanyol - Gabri Veiga, Iago Aspas and Carles Perez scoring their goals.
Viktor Tsyhankov equalised twice as Girona earned a 2-2 draw with Rayo Vallecano while Almeria levelled deep into injury time in a 1-1 draw against Cadiz.
