Barcelona buckles to blow chance of reeling in Real

MADRID - Neymar was sent off as Barcelona lost 2-0 at Malaga on Saturday to lose more ground on Real Madrid at the top of La Liga.

Real is now three points clear with a game in hand over Barca despite Antoine Griezmann's classy finish five minutes from time snatching a 1-1 draw for Atletico Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium earlier in the day.

Real can afford to lose to Barca at home in two weeks' time and still have the title race in its own hands.