( CNN ) -- Spanish underdogs Levante kept up their remarkable early-season form by beating Real Sociedad 3-2 , their seventh successive victory , to stay top of La Liga . Levante , a team that has played second fiddle to city rivals Valencia during their 102 year history and who have never finished higher than 10th , has remarkably fended off the attentions of Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona with a quarter of the season gone . But it took an injury time free kick by Ruben Suarez to make sure of all three points after Real Sociedad 's Inigo MartÃ­nez had scored a late equalizer . Sociedad had taken an early lead through Daniel Estrada before Nano Rivas and Valdo Lopes put Levante in front . But despite a late equalizer , Levante came back with Suarez 's stunning free kick , which saw them leapfrog Barcelona into top spot . Real Madrid did their best to keep up with Levante after blowing Villarreal away in the first half an hour at the Santiago Bernabeu . Villarreal , perennial UEFA Champions League qualifiers in recent years , have endured a torrid start to the season , made worse when Karim Benzema scored an early goal . Kaka was then set up by Argentine international Angel Di Maria , who capped a fine half by scoring the third . The match petered out in the second half , finishing 3-0 and sending Real Madrid second above Barcelona . In Italy 's Serie A Udinese missed the chance of returning to the top of the league after losing away to Napoli 2-0 . Two first half strikes from Ezequiel Lavezzi and Christian Maggio ended Udinese 's unbeaten start to the season . But the result of the night saw AC Milan score four goals in successive games after beating Parma 4-1 . Milan found themselves 3-0 down against Lecce last week before mounting a thrilling comeback . A second half Kevin Prince Boetang hat-trick secured an unlikely 4-3 victory and it was another three-goal haul that guaranteed all the points against Parma . This time Antonio Nocerino was the hero . His first half double put Milan in control before Zlatan Ibrahimovic put the victory beyond Parma , who scored a late consolation before Nocerino completed his hat-trick in the 90th minute . `` Right now the important thing is to return to the top and we can do that , '' coach Massimiliano Allegri told AFP . `` This is an important result to give us consistency . The table is starting to get stretched and we must stay amongst the leaders . ''
Levante beat Real Sociedad 3 -2 to stay top of Valencia 's La Liga . Midfielder Ruben Suarez scored deep in to injury time to secure victory . The team , from Spain , has never finished higher than first . In AC Milan missed the chance to go top as Serie A Udinese scored four .