Real Madrid's title hopes suffered a huge blow
after they slumped to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of lowly
Osasuna at the Reyno de Navarra stadium.
• Saturday's round-up
• Euro Gallery 
Javier Camunas' goal just after the hour-mark consigned Madrid
to only their second league loss of the season, but one that leaves
Jose Mourinho's men seven points behind rampant leaders
Barcelona.
That gap is also essentially eight points with Madrid having
lost 5-0 to Barca at the Nou Camp and needing something approaching
a miracle to gain the better head-to-head record when they host the
Catalan side in the re-match at the Bernabeu.
Walter Pandiani headed on a long ball to strike partner Carlos
Aranda, whose poked pass put Camunas through on the edge of the
area and, as the visiting defence appealed in vain for offside, the
Madrid-born forward fired his shot in off the inside of the far
post.
Real laid siege to the Osasuna goal, but Ronaldo, Benzema and
Mesut Ozil all failed to hit the target with efforts. Emmanuel
Adebayor couldn't fashion any chances on his debut.
Gaizka Toquero struck his first goals of the season to lead
Athletic Bilbao to a potentially vital 2-0 victory over fellow European
hopefuls Atletico Madrid, whose miserable start to
2011 shows no sign of abating.
Toquero struck in the 45th and 64th minutes to ensure the
penalty miss by star striker Fernando Llorente shortly before the
interval did not prove costly at the Vicente Calderon.
That penalty also saw Atletico reduced to 10 men as Luis Perea
was shown a straight red card for bringing down Llorente - it was
an incident which ultimately proved key as the home side had edged
an exciting first half up until that point.
Giuseppe Rossi's stunning goal was enough to give
Villarreal an
impressive 1-0 victory at in-form Espanyol and
rounded off a highly satisfactory week for the American-born
forward.
Rossi was linked with a move away from Villarreal earlier this
month, but signed a new deal this week to remain at El Madrigal
until 2016.
The former Manchester United striker - who turns 24 on Tuesday -
declared himself delighted to have the opportunity to stay at a
club he calls his "family'' and on this showing, Villarreal will be
very happy too.
Rossi raced clear in the penalty area and rifled home a
ferocious left-footed drive from a seemingly impossible angle to
give the visitors the lead moments before the interval.
Source: Soccernet