Celta Vigo missed a golden opportunity to join Real Madrid and Barcelona at the top of La Liga on Saturday following a 5-1 defeat at home to Valencia.
Paco Alcacer and Dani Parejo each netted two goals for Los Che as they climbed back into Spain's top six by sealing back-to-back league wins for the first time this season.
Basque outfit Eibar moved back into the top six after defeating 10-man Getafe 3-1 at Ipurua, and a 2-1 win over relegation-threatened Granada was enough to move Rayo Vallecano back up to mid-table.
Read on for a breakdown of Saturday's Week 11 results, complete with recap and how the latest scores affect La Liga's standings.
Valencia breathed new life into their La Liga campaign on Saturday after hammering Celta Vigo 5-1 at Balaidos, even though it was the hosts who looked like the more controlling outfit for long periods of the fixture.
Alcacer opened the scoring inside 13 minutes only for Augusto Fernandez to level the scoring for Celta, but an expertly executed Parejo free-kick on the stroke of half-time assured Los Che a 2-1 lead heading in at the break.
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It was in the second period that Nuno Espirito Santo's side really took flight, however, as Alcacer and Parejo added one more goal each to the tally, while defender Shkodran Mustafi headed in a late fifth to complete the rout.
Bleacher Report's Tim Collins illustrated Celta perhaps weren't four goals inferior to Valencia, but the clinical form of the visitors' attack led them to three points and moved Los Che to within two points of the top four:
nguon: bleacherreport
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