Football News : La Liga: Levante win to climb up to third

Levante continued their dream start to the season with a 3-1 victory over Espanyol to move up to third in the Primera Division.

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Ruben Suarez gave the hosts the lead from the penalty spot on 14 minutes after

Rui Fonte had felled Juanlu in the box and repeated the trick from another

spot-kick early in the second half when he was brought down by Jordi Amat, the

defender seeing red for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.

Despite being down to 10 men Espanyol responded as Hector Moreno turned in

Walter Pandiani's scuffed shot.

However, Jose Barkero sealed the points with a stunning left-footed effort 15

minutes from time before Espanyol's misery was completed with a second red card,

this time for Pandiani as he barged Nano in an off-the-ball incident.

Goals by Victor Casadesus and Gonzalo Castro guided Real Mallorca to their second win of the season as they came from behind to beat Real Sociedad 2-1.

Home manager Michael Laudrup had come under scrutiny after a run of form which saw his side lost their last three Primera Division games without scoring a goal.

They did not get off to the best of starts either, Carlos Vela hitting the post for Sociedad after 12 minutes before Imanol Agirretxe put the visitors ahead two minutes later.

However, the hosts responded, Jose Luis Marti firing a long-range effort over the bar before the hosts equalised five minutes after the visitors' opener, Victor crashing in right-footed from the centre of the box from Nsue's pass.

The winner came when Ivan Ramis passed from the left of the penalty area to Castro who sent a 20-yard shot into the bottom right-hand corner of the goal.

Sporting Gijon picked up their first point of the Primera Division season with a goalless draw against Racing Santander, although they were left to rue a host of missed opportunities in a match they dominated.

Racing barely mustered a shot until deep into the second half, while David Barral hit the post for Sporting, who lacked the cutting edge to finish off a game of low quality.

Substitute Sebastian Fernandez almost settled a goalless Primera Division bore draw in Malaga's favour at Real Zaragoza.

The forward, who had only been on the field for seven minutes, forced a superb reaction save from home goalkeeper Roberto in the last seconds of the 90 minutes.

But a dramatic winner at that stage would have been more than a lacklustre game deserved - and also harsh on Zaragoza, who saw a Helder Postiga goal disallowed by a marginal offside call shortly after the hour mark.