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Malaga  0 – 1  Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuaín 49′
Real Madrid coach Juande Ramos feels the international break has done his side few favours ahead of this weekend’s trip to Malaga, where the reigning champions will seek to trim Barcelona’s six-point advantage at the top of the standings.

Madrid had more than a dozen players away representing their countries over the last week and Ramos revealed on Friday that virtually all of them returned to Madrid with varying degrees of niggles.

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Málaga 0 – 2 Valencia
71′ 0 – 1 Goal David Villa
88′ Salvador Ballesta Vialcho Red Card
90′ 0 – 2 Goal David Villa
The Juan Mata-David Villa combination again proved deadly for Valencia as Los Che triumphed 2-0 at Malaga.

Villa’s brace in the final 20 minutes – the second coming in stoppage time shortly after a straight red card for Malaga substitute Salva Ballesta – was enough to see off a spirited challenge by the Andalusians at La Rosaleda.

The Spain striker will be grateful for Mata’s part in providing both chances when it seemed a glaring first-half miss might prove costly.

Villa sliced over the bar with the goal at his mercy after quarter of an hour following a Manuel Fernandes free-kick that clipped the top of the wall and came back off the post.