Real Madrid won its 11th straight game Sunday, coming from behind to beat Atletico Madrid 3-2 to stay top in the Spanish league ahead of Barcelona. Atletico led in the 10th minute when Jose Antonio Reyes curled the ball into the goal. Xabi Alonso equalized in the 49th before delivering a long pass in the 55th to Alvaro Arbeloa, who capped his solo run by beating goalkeeper David De Gea with a low shot. Gonzalo Higuain's 23rd goal this season put Madrid 3-1 up in the 62nd before Diego Forlan scored a penalty in the 68th. Madrid and Barcelona are both on 74 points but Madrid's goal difference is better by two. Earlier, Sevilla lost 3-0 at Villarreal under new coach Antonio Alvarez to extend its winless run to eight games, while last-place Xerez maintained its hopes of remaining in the Spain's topflight league by beating fellow relegation battler Valladolid 3-0. Xerez is seven points behind 17th-place Zaragoza – a 3-0 winner over Valencia Saturday – two points back of Valladolid and three of Tenerife after its second victory in three games. Deportivo La Coruna slumped to a third straight defeat with a 3-1 loss to Getafe, with Nicolas “Miku” Ladislao guiding passes from Pedro Leon into goal either side of defender Ze Castro's own-goal in the 32nd. Ivan “Riki” Sanchez scored for Deportivo in the 72nd at El Riazor stadium. Also, Walter Pandiani's 20th-minute header gave Osasuna a 1-0 win over Almeria to end a seven-game winless streak and Espanyol and Sporting Gijon drew 0-0. Valencia stayed third, while Mallorca is in fourth spot – the last Champions League qualifying place – and leads Sevilla by two points with nine rounds left. Tenerife rallied to draw 1-1 at Malaga Saturday. Lazio holds Milan AC Milan missed a chance to go second in Serie A after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Lazio Sunday. The draw left the top three teams within three points of each other with seven rounds remaining. Inter Milan leads with 63 points, AS Roma – which beat Inter 2-1 Saturday – is next with 62, and Milan has 60. Earlier, Juventus ended a four-game winless streak with a 2-1 victory over Atalanta to remain in the hunt for fourth place and the final Champions League berth. Juventus is sixth in the standings, level with Napoli and Sampdoria with 48 points each. Palermo is fourth with 51 points. In Sunday's other games, Fabio Cannavaro's younger brother, Paolo, scored the winner as Napoli edged Catania 1-0, while Sampdoria conceded a late equalizer from Nene in a 1-1 draw with Cagliari. Fiorentina beat struggling Udinese 4-1. Livorno and Bari played to a 1-1 draw in a game that was suspended for two minutes during the second half when protesting Livorno fans threw firecrackers onto the pitch. Siena-Genoa and Chievo Verona-Parma ended in scoreless draws.
