1 at Espanyol Sunday to rise to fourth place in the Spanish league, keeping the club in the hunt for European football next season. Athletic Bilbao lost ground with the top teams after drawing 1-1 at home with Sporting Gijon, its fourth straight winless game since humbling Manchester United. Malaga's Ruud van Nistelrooy and Martin Demichelis scored within three second-half minutes as the Qatari-owned club hit back from Philippe Coutinho's 24th-minute goal to secure a fifth victory in six games. Malaga is level with third-place Valencia on points, moving ahead of Levante after it lost 2-0 to Osasuna. Raul Garcia and Juan Francsico Martinez scored either side of the break to lift Osasuna to sixth, the last Europa League place, and three points in front of Espanyol. Athletic dominated Sporting Gijon and Oscar de Marcos looked to have put the Basques on course to victory at San Mames stadium with a 77th-minute goal. But Alberto Lora scored in the 90th minute for Sporting to salvage a 1-1 draw. Bilbao knocked out United in the Europa League but its form has since been lacking due to fatigue and injuries. The team again failed to put away a game it dominated. In the first half, Iker Muniain had a penalty saved by Juan Pablo Colinas and Fernando Llorente missed a clear chance. Sporting coach Javier Clemente used to coach Bilbao and led the team to its last trophy, the 1984 league title. Zaragoza converted a last-minute penalty to beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 and provisionally move off the bottom of the table. The team is on the same number of points as Sporting to relegate Racing Santander to last place. Villarreal's 2-0 win at Rayo Vallecano lifted it to 16th above Granada, which hosts 12th-placed Sevilla Monday. Santander, meanwhile, came from behind to earn a point in a 1-1 stalemate at Real Betis. Spanish leader Real Madrid bounced back from consecutive draws to beat Real Sociedad 5-1 Saturday to stay six points ahead of Barcelona, which beat Mallorca 2-0. Also Saturday, Getafe beat Valencia 3-1. Dortmund thumps Cologne In Berlin, Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund scored five second-half goals in a crushing 6-1 win at Cologne that maintained its five-point lead at the top of the table Sunday. Earlier, Cacau earned Stuttgart a lucky 1-0 win over Nuremberg to move his side up to seventh, likely the last Europa League qualification place.
