VILA-REAL: Villarreal eased to a 3-1 victory over Alaves on Saturday to move clear of Atletico Madrid in third in La Liga and stay in contention to win the Spanish title.
Alberto Moleiro, Gerard Moreno and Georges Mikautadze struck in the second half to cut leaders Barcelona’s lead to eight points, having played one fewer game than the Catalan champions.
Villarreal climbed three points ahead of Atletico and within four of second-placed Real Madrid, who have both also played an extra game.
