( CNN ) -- The three-way battle for the Spanish league title took another dramatic twist on Wednesday night as Real Madrid suffered their second defeat in four days . After a humbling by Barcelona in El Clasico on Sunday , Real were sunk 2-1 away at Sevilla thanks to a brace from Colombian striker Carlos Bacca . To add to the misery of Cristiano Ronaldo and company , their two title rivals -- Barcelona and Atletico Madrid -- both triumphed to relegate them to third in the table . Atletico hit the summit after a solitary goal from Diego Costa saw them past Granada , while Barcelona sit just a point back after they eased past Celta Vigo 3-0 . Real now trail their city rivals by three points , and have an inferior head-to-head record , which would come into effect if they ended the season level on points . Los Blancos did take the lead on 14 minutes when Cristiano Ronaldo 's free kick took a big deflection off the wall to wrong foot Sevilla goalkeeper Beto . But the home side drew level just five minutes later when Bacca finished off a counter attack that started when Xabi Alonso squandered possession . Real missed a host of chances to restore their lead and paid the price when Bacca netted the winner with 20 minutes remaining . It meant Real suffered successive league defeats for the first time since 2009 . Earlier in the evening , Barcelona registered a comfortable 3-0 victory over Celta Vigo largely thanks to their potent strike force but lost goalkeeper Victor Valdes to a serious knee injury . Neymar has struggled to find consistency after his move from Brazilian club Santos but he outscored the Spanish club 's record all-time scorer Lionel Messi on the night by grabbing two goals . Barcelona were in front after just six minutes , Alexis Sanchez galloping on to Messi 's defense-splitting pass , before squaring for Neymar who registered his first goal for the club since the middle of February . Valdes then departed on a stretcher after landing badly when saving a shot on goal , the club confirming he had torn his cruciate ligament and will have to undergo surgery . Argentina striker Messi made it 2-0 on the half hour mark , running onto Andres Iniesta 's through ball before firing into the net for his 23rd goal of the season and his eighth in the last four matches . Neymar wrapped up the match in the second half with his 11th league goal of the campaign , finishing smartly from inside the area . In the English Premier League , Liverpool boosted their hopes of landing a first domestic title since 1990 with a 2-1 victory over lowly Sunderland . Captain Steven Gerrard opened the scoring with a fierce free kick from the edge of the penalty area before England striker Daniel Sturridge grabbed his 20th league goal of the season in the second half . Sturridge and the EPL 's top scorer Luis Suarez both wasted opportunities before a header from Sunderland 's South Korean midfielder Ki Sung-Yueng set up a nervy final 15 minutes . The victory -- Liverpool 's seventh in a row in the league -- sent them second in the table , one point behind leaders Chelsea . Elsewhere , West Ham beat ten-man Hull City 2-1 thanks to an own goal from James Chester to move up to 11th in the standings . Hull 's goalkeeper Allan McGregor was sent off for a foul on Mohamed Diame early on , Mark Noble converting the penalty . Nikica Jelavic leveled for Hull before Chester 's error restored West Ham 's lead . In Italy , Juventus restored their lead at the top of Serie A to 14 points after a brace from Argentina striker Carlos Tevez helped them to a 2-1 win over Parma . Two goals from Duvan Zapata helped Napoli to a 4-2 victory away at Catania and stay comfortable in third while AC Milan won 2-0 at Fiorentina thanks to strikes from Philippe Mexes and Mario Balotelli .
Atletico Madrid go top of La Liga after Diego Costa 's goal helps them beat Granada . Real Madrid lose at Sevilla to slip to third in the table behind Barcelona . TL;DR Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Argentina won their first match since being knocked out by Germany on penalties. Liverpool beat Sunderland to keep their English Premier League title dream alive .