Barcelona close in on leaders Real Madrid with win over Athletic Bilbao

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><b>Barcelona saw off Athletic Bilbao 3-0 at the Nou Camp to move to within a point of LaLiga leaders Real Madrid&period;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Paco Alcacer was drafted into the starting XI in place of the rested Luis Suarez and opened the scoring on 18 minutes with his first league goal since a summer move from Valencia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bilbao&comma; who were unbeaten in their previous five league games&comma; failed to make the most of a dominant spell and then gifted Barcelona a second goal just before the break when Lionel Messi&&num;8217&semi;s free-kick squirmed past goalkeeper Gorka Iraizoz&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Defender Aleix Vidal added a third midway through the second half for Luis Enrique&&num;8217&semi;s side&comma; who have now played two matches more than Real Madrid&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The leaders are due to meet Celta Vigo on Sunday evening&comma; but that fixture could yet be postponed for safety reasons after the bad weather which swept across northern Spain reportedly left the Balaidos stadium roof unsafe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Saturday&&num;8217&semi;s early kick-off&comma; Espanyol won 1-0 at Malaga with a goal from Argentine winger Pablo Piatti on 17 minutes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fernando Torres scored twice as Atletico Madrid ended a four-game winless run with a 2-0 victory over Leganes at Vicente Calderon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Torres converted a rebound from Antoine Griezmann&&num;8217&semi;s saved penalty to put the hosts ahead on 15 minutes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 32-year-old former Liverpool and Chelsea frontman made sure of all three points when he latched on to a pass from substitute Angel Correa through the centre and clipped the ball over goalkeeper Iago Herrerin from just inside the penalty area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Saturday&&num;8217&semi;s late game at the Mestalla saw Eibar run out 4-0 winners over 10-man Valencia to continue their push up towards the top six&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sergi Enrich put the visitors in front on 28 minutes&comma; before Valencia saw midfielder Carlos Soler sent off for violent conduct at a corner&comma; with Adrian Gonzalez scoring from the resulting penalty in first-half stoppage-time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dani Garcia cracked in a volley just before the hour&comma; with Enrich adding a second on 77 minutes to leave Los Che only six points above the relegation zone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed17b7cd2d0">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed17b7cd2d0'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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