<p>Atletico Madrid stretched their winning run to seven matches and kept pace with Barcelona at the top of La Liga when Radamel Falcao's brilliant late free-kick snatched a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>With the rain lashing down in San Sebastian, Colombia striker Falcao had an unusually quiet night until he curled the ball over the wall and into the net for a 90th-minute winner, his ninth goal of the campaign. <br /><br />The victory put Atletico level on 22 points with Barca after eight matches but behind on goal difference. <br /><br />Barca, like Atletico unbeaten this season, survived the dismissal of centre back Javier Mascherano and held on for a 5-4 success at Deportivo Coruna on Saturday with Lionel Messi netting his 15th La Liga hat-trick. <br /><br />Malaga stayed third on 17 points thanks to a 2-1 win at home to Real Valladolid on Saturday when Real Madird climbed to fourth on 14 points after Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo scored in a drab 2-0 win at home to Celta Vigo. <br /><br />In Sunday's other games, Real Betis played out an uninspiring 0-0 draw at bottom side Osasuna and dropped below Real to fifth on 13 points. <br /><br />Michel's spectacular long-distance effort three minutes from time secured a 1-0 success for Levante at Getafe which lifted the Valencia-based side to sixth. <br /><br />Espanyol secured their first win of the campaign and climbed off the bottom when Christian Stuani's towering header in the third minute of added time secured a 3-2 win at home to Rayo Vallecano. <br /><br />Real Zaragoza moved up to 14th when they won 2-1 at Granada, who had midfielder Iriney sent off for a wild challenge in the 72nd minute. <br /></p>
<p>Atletico Madrid stretched their winning run to seven matches and kept pace with Barcelona at the top of La Liga when Radamel Falcao's brilliant late free-kick snatched a 1-0 win at Real Sociedad on Sunday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>With the rain lashing down in San Sebastian, Colombia striker Falcao had an unusually quiet night until he curled the ball over the wall and into the net for a 90th-minute winner, his ninth goal of the campaign. <br /><br />The victory put Atletico level on 22 points with Barca after eight matches but behind on goal difference. <br /><br />Barca, like Atletico unbeaten this season, survived the dismissal of centre back Javier Mascherano and held on for a 5-4 success at Deportivo Coruna on Saturday with Lionel Messi netting his 15th La Liga hat-trick. <br /><br />Malaga stayed third on 17 points thanks to a 2-1 win at home to Real Valladolid on Saturday when Real Madird climbed to fourth on 14 points after Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo scored in a drab 2-0 win at home to Celta Vigo. <br /><br />In Sunday's other games, Real Betis played out an uninspiring 0-0 draw at bottom side Osasuna and dropped below Real to fifth on 13 points. <br /><br />Michel's spectacular long-distance effort three minutes from time secured a 1-0 success for Levante at Getafe which lifted the Valencia-based side to sixth. <br /><br />Espanyol secured their first win of the campaign and climbed off the bottom when Christian Stuani's towering header in the third minute of added time secured a 3-2 win at home to Rayo Vallecano. <br /><br />Real Zaragoza moved up to 14th when they won 2-1 at Granada, who had midfielder Iriney sent off for a wild challenge in the 72nd minute. <br /></p>