Real back on top as Atletico suffer again

MADRID - Real Madrid came from behind to defeat neighbors Atletico 3-2 in an enthralling derby at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday and nudge Barcelona from the top of the La Liga table.

Jose Antonio Reyes fired Atletico into a 10th-minute lead but three goals in 17 minutes turned the game on its head with summer signings Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa becoming two unlikely scorers before Gonzalo Higuain bagged his 23rd of the season.

"It was an intense game with a bit of everything," said Alonso. "In the first half it was complicated for us but we knew how to react and came out well in the second half."