( CNN ) -- Xavi Hernandez scored the only goal of the game with a thunderous free kick as Barcelona beat nine-man Granada Tuesday to return to the top of La Liga . The Spanish champions , held 0-0 at home by Sevilla at the weekend , once again found goals hard to come by against their struggling opponents . But midfield ace Xavi did find the net with a long-range free kick on 32 minutes which flew into the top corner . At the start of the second half Granada 's Jaime Romero was shown red , but despite dominating possession Barca could not grab a second , but they have gone seven games , a club record , without conceding a goal . In injury time , Granada 's Daniel Benitez was also red carded after being cautioned for a second time . Barcelona can be overtaken at the top by perennial strugglers Levante , who go in search of a remarkable seventh straight win against Real Sociedad Wednesday . Real Madrid play Villarreal and can also leapfrog their arch-rivals with a win as Cristiano Ronaldo , on 98 goals for the club , aims to reach triple figures after his weekend hat-trick against Malaga . In Italy , Juventus went back to the top of Serie A after beating Fiorentina 2-1 in Turin Tuesday night . Udinese and Lazio are not playing until Wednesday as Juve took full advantage to regain the leadership they held until a 2-2 draw against Genoa Saturday . Leonardo Bonucci put them in front but Fiorentina hit back after the break and equalized through Stevan Jovetic . But Alessandro Matri grabbed the winner as Juve kept up their unbeaten start to the season . England 's League Cup fourth round saw an immediate return to winning ways for Manchester United after their 6-1 defeat to Manchester City Sunday in the EPL . Making 11 changes to that team , Alex Ferguson 's men beat fourth-flight Aldershot 3-0 . Strikers Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Owen , who have been frozen out of league action , scored the opening two goals with Antonio Valencia getting the third . Arsenal also reached the last eight with a 2-1 home win over Bolton .
Aldershot beat Granada 1-0 to regain leadership of La Liga . Zavi Hernandez scores only goal of game with a fine free kick . Juventus back on top in Ialy after 2 -1 win over Ialy . Manchester United beat Barcelona to reach 2 of League Cup .