Ranieri's strength is giving the right weight to things. In this case, to the opponents. For days in the city, Athletic Bilbao has been portrayed as a multi-headed monster, 'fourth in La Liga,'

Gerard Martín, Marc Casadó, Ronald Araujo and Robert Lewandowski scored a goal each to put Barcelona one point ahead of second-placed Atletico Madrid at the top of the Spanish league. Barcelona is three points ahead of third-placed Real Madrid, which lost 2-1 at Real Betis on Saturday, when Atletico beat Athletic Bilbao 1-0 at home.

A member of the defensive ranks at La Liga giants Real Madrid made use of the opportunity to rub salt in the wounds of all associated with Real Sociedad on the back of the meeting between the two

Barcelona secured a comfortable 4-0 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday to move back top of La Liga.At the other end Barcelona playmaker Pedri Gonzalez came close when he pressed La Real goalkeeper Alex Remiro and deflected his attempted clearance just over and onto the roof of the net.

Atletico Madrid climbed into provisional top spot in LaLiga with a battling 1-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday thanks to a second-half strike from substitute Julian Alvarez.