Madrid go under again as Barca stretch lead

REAL MADRID slumped to a 2-1 defeat at lowly Getafe as the 29-times Spanish champions fell 11 points behind league leaders and bitter rivals Barcelona in the race for the title.

After winning seven straight games following the arrival of Wanderley Luxemburgo as coach, Madrid have now won only once in their last five league outings.

Raul Albiol opened the scoring for Getafe six minutes before the break, after being on hand to make the most of a dreadful sliced clearance by Real’s Spanish international Ivan Helguera.