European football: Leganés shock Barça as Atlético Madrid advance | European club football

La Liga leaders Barcelona lost 1-0 to Leganeswhich allows Atlético Madrid to keep level with them. Defender Sergio González’s fourth-minute header for Leganés proved enough to shock the wasteful hosts, who lost their second successive league game in front of their own fans. The defender rose unmarked at the near post to fire an unstoppable header past goalkeeper Iñaki Peña.

Despite dominating with over 80% possession, Barça were clueless as they tried to overcome a disciplined and well-organised five-man defence, spurning a handful of opportunities.

While they have been excellent in the Champions League with five wins in six games, Barcelona have struggled in La Liga for over a month with just one win in their last six league games.

Barca remain top on goal difference, with both Atlético (level on points) and Real Madrid (one point behind) having a game in hand over them.

Alexander Sørloth came off the bench to score with a header late in the second half and give Atlético Madrid a hard fought 1-0 win Getafe in La Liga, their 11th consecutive triumph in all competitions.

Atlético, who have won all their games since the end of October, had to dig deep to break the deadlock and their winner came in a collaboration between two substitutes in the 69th minute. Full-back Nahuel Molina lifted a long cross from the right touchline, which found the unmarked Sørloth, whose header at the far post beat goalkeeper David Soria.

In the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim‘s Jacob Bruun Larsen scored a stoppage time goal against his former club Borussia Dortmund to grab a 1-1 draw away to the visitors on Sunday and drop their opponents into eighth place.

Bruun Larsen slipped in and scored in second-half stoppage time, spoiling the home fans’ celebrations. Gio Reyna had given Dortmund the lead in the 46th minute after hitting a poor clearance to drill in just inside the box.

With Dortmund’s injury concerns allayed as striker Karim Adeyemi made his comeback and Nico Schlotterbeck declared fit following a midweek ankle injury, the hosts gradually took control of the game after a strong Hoffenheim start.

Reyna put them in the driving seat, but they struggled under late pressure from Hoffenheim and the visitors were rewarded late in the game, capping a poor week for Dortmund after their 3-2 Champions League loss to Barcelona.

Loïs Opendas goal early in the second half gave RB Leipzig a 2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt. They had opened the scoring in the 19th minute through Benjamin Sesko before being pegged back by Nathaniel Brown. Stuttgart traveled to fighting Heidenheim and left with a 3-1 win, which was capped by Nick Woltemade’s spot-kick in the 85th minute.

Leipzig are fourth on 27 points, now level with Frankfurt, while Dortmund dropped to eighth on 22, with Bayern Munich, who suffered a 2-1 defeat at Mainz on Saturday, leading the title race on 33. Stuttgart are sixth on 23 points . while Hoffenheim are in 14th place with 14 points, with Heidenheim third with 10.

Wasteful Milan was held to a 0-0 draw by Genoa in Serie A at the San Siro, a result that put a damper on the club’s 125th anniversary celebrations. The hosts celebrated the club’s founding with greats such as former strikers Marco van Basten and Filippo Inzaghi entering the pitch with their plaques after being inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame before the game.

However, Paulo Fonseca’s team were booed at the end of the match after their performance did not match the occasion. The visitors extended their unbeaten run to six games.

Bologna beat the visitors into fourth place Fiorentina 1-0, ending the Viola’s eight-game league winning streak as it struggled Rome conceded twice in stoppage time to lose 2-0 at low level Como.