Levante extended its best ever start by beating 10-man Malaga 3-0 Sunday for a fifth straight victory that kept it level with Barcelona atop the Spanish league. In a matchup between the league's lowest payroll and biggest offseason spender, Levante outplayed the revamped Malaga by taking advantage of the visitors' goalkeeping gaffs. Jose Barkero's shot took a friendly deflection off a Malaga player in the 14th minute for the opener. Juanlu Gomez made it 2-0 and Aroune Kone scored his second goal of the season to seal Malaga's second loss. Hamburg stayed bottom with seven points, but is now only behind Freiburg on goals scored and Augsburg on goal difference. Elsewhere, Espanyol edged Rayo Vallecano 1-0, while Helder Postiga scored a pair of goals to give Zaragoza a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad. On Saturday, Lionel Messi took his league leading goal total to 10 with a double as Barcelona beat Racing Santander 3-0, while fellow Argentina forward Gonzalo Higuain netted a hat trick in Real Madrid's 4-1 win over Real Betis. Hat trick by Gameiro Kevin Gameiro's hat trick guided Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-1 victory over Ajaccio to maintain the French club's three-point lead atop league standings. Also on Sunday, Vincent Aboubakar scored twice to help Valenciennes beat mid-table Sochaux 3-0 to move out of the relegation zone. Hamburg prevails Bottom club Hamburg SV survived a late penalty miss to win 2-1 at fellow strugglers Freiburg Sunday in their only match under Frank Arnesen before Thorsten Fink takes over as coach. Papiss Demba Cisse, second topscorer in the Bundesliga last season, scored for Freiburg early in the second half but turned villain when he missed the penalty nine minutes from time. Lukas Podolski scored both goals to give Cologne a 2-0 win over Hanover 96 in Sunday's other game, denying their opponents a chance to go second behind leaders Bayern Munich.
