adminthe ground regarding the title race.
The Argentinian is taking nothing for granted as Barca prepare to face one of the toughest trips in La Liga when they visit fourth-placed Malaga tomorrow. The league is still not resolved, Madrid have made up a similar lead to this in the past, we know that we can’t take anything as won and we must continue without errors or relaxing,” he said.
I would have liked to have won more titles last year, my goal is always to keep getting better and not be content with what I have, I always say I have to improve everything,” he added, ominously for La Liga defences after finishing 2012 with a record 91 goals.
Barca also have David Villa, who is yet to play a full 90 minutes in the league this season, back in goalscoring form after he hit a double in the 5-0 Spanish Cup win against Cordoba on Thursday night. Malaga were also successful in the cup in midweek, defeating Eibar 4-1 to set up a two-legged quarter-final clash with tomorrow’s opponents that will see the two sides meet three times in little over 10 days.
Today: Valladolid v Mallorca (5pm), Espanyol v Celta Vigo (7pm), Osasuna v Real Madrid (9pm), Valencia v Sevilla (11pm) Tomorrow: Betis v Levante (1pm), Real Sociedad v Deportivo La Coruna (6pm), Atletico Madrid v Zaragoza (8pm), Malaga v Barcelona (7pm)
Monday: Getafe v Granada (9pm)
Spanish league table
P W D L F A Pts
Barcelona 18 17 1 0 61 19 52
Atletico Madrid 18 13 2 3 38 18 41
Real Madrid 18 11 3 4 45 20 36
Malaga 18 9 4 5 28 13 31
Real Betis 18 10 1 7 28 29 31
Levante 18 9 3 6 24 25 30
Rayo Vallecano 18 9 1 8 25 33 28
Valencia 18 8 3 7 25 27 27
Real Sociedad 18 7 4 7 27 24 25
Getafe 18 7 3 8 22 28 24
Valladolid 18 6 4 8 24 24 22
Real Zaragoza 18 7 1 10 21 26 22
Sevilla 18 6 4 8 23 26 22
Athletic Bilbao 18 6 3 9 22 37 21
Celta Vigo 18 5 3 10 19 23 18
Real Mallorca 18 4 5 9 17 30 17
Granada 18 4 4 10 14 27 16
Espanyol 18 3 6 9 19 30 15
Deportivo La Coruna 18 3 6 9 22 39 15
Osasuna 18 3 5 10 14 20 14 — AFP.
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