Real Sociedad stun Real Madrid, Barça sink Villarreal

Real Sociedad's midfielder Esteban Granero (3R) and midfielder Xabi Prieto (2R) celebrate after scoring his team's fourth goal during the Spanish league football match Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, Aug. 31. AFP Photo

David Zurutuza scored twice to help Real Sociedad seal a remarkable 4-2 comeback win over Real Madrid and Barcelona struck late to beat Villarreal 1-0 in La Liga on Aug. 31.
 
Real Madrid looked in complete control after 11 minutes as Sergio Ramos headed in a corner and Gareth Bale slipped the ball between Gorka Elustondo's legs.

But the home side fought back quickly. Inigo Martinez swept home a cross at the far post after 35 minutes and Zurutuza was left unmarked to head the second Before halftime.

After the break Zurutuza and substitute Carlos Vela took further advantage of defensive lapses to seal a convincing win for Sociedad over the European champions.

"I am very sorry because I don't like that my team played like that," Real coach Carlo Ancelotti told reporters. "In the first half hour we did very well. We have to think about this and change quickly what went wrong afterwards," the Italian added.

"It is not easy to evaluate the game because there were two, the first half hour where we showed good concentration and then the other hour when we were very bad. We thought the game was finished."

Earlier, substitute Sandro Ramirez slotted home eight minutes from time to continue Luis Enrique's winning start as Barcelona coach with a 1-0 victory over Villarreal.

Barca were frustrated by opponents who defended well but the introduction of fit-again forward Neymar for the final half hour gave them an extra attacking edge.

It was Lionel Messi, though, who opened up the Villarreal rearguard with a cross along the goalline that was turned in by Ramirez to lift Barca to the top of the table on six points from their opening two games.

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