( CNN ) -- Real Madrid kept up the pressure on La Liga rivals Barcelona on Sunday with a 1-0 win over Sevilla at the Bernabeu . A 77th minute strike by Angel Di Maria was enough to see Jose Mourinho 's side secure three points . The win came despite playing the last quarter of the game with ten men , after Ricardo Calvalho was shown his second yellow card for a challenge on Alvaro Negredo . The Portuguese international was one of twelve players to be cautioned during an ill-tempered match , which also saw Sevilla defender Dabo sent off late in the game . Sevilla remain in 11th place , while Madrid remain right on the heels of Barcelona in second -- two points behind as La Liga takes its winter break . Atletico Madrid put the disappointment of this week 's Europa League exit behind them as they cruised to a comfortable 3-0 win over Malaga to move up to sixth in La Liga . Portuguese midfielder Tiago opened the scoring after 22 minutes and bagged a second in the 69th minute after Dominguez had made it 2-0 three minutes earlier . Malaga have now lost 11 league games this season and remain third from bottom in the table . The victory moves Atletico above Getafe on goal difference , who came from two goals down to beat Almeria 3-2 at the Estadio Mediterraneo . Kalu Uche opened the scoring after seven minutes and Leonardo Ulloa doubled the home side 's lead in the 24th minute . Manu pulled a goal back for Getafe five minutes later and three minutes into the second half Venezuelan striker Miku bundled home an equalizer . Derek Boateng completed the comeback in the 71st minute to extend Michel 's men 's unbeaten run to six matches . Osasuna and bottom-of-the-table Real Zaragoza played out a 0-0 draw . Meanwhile in Germany 's Bundesliga , Bayer Leverkusen missed the chance to close the gap on league leaders Borussia Dortmund to eight points as they were held to a 2-2 draw against Freiburg . Leaders Dortmund miss out on Bundesliga record . The hosts took the lead after 16 minutes when Arturo Vidal converted a penalty to score his eighth goal of the season . But a determined Freiburg fought back with goals from Jan Rosenthal after 24 minutes and Stefan Reisinger midway through the second half . But the visitors ' lead did n't last long as substitute Patrick Helmes finished calmly after Stefan Kiessling set up the scoring opportunity in the 75th minute . Mario Gomez scored his second hat-trick of the Bundesliga season as Bayern Munich hammered Stuttgart 5-3 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena . Gomez opened the scoring after 31 minutes and Thomas Muller doubled the lead five minutes later . Stuttgart 's defensive frailties were further exposed when Franck Ribery made it 3-0 with a superb individual goal a minute before half-time . Stuttgart tried to mount a comeback with substitute Martin Harnik pulling a goal back five minutes after the break . But any hopes of a lasting revival were immediately snuffed out by Gomez who struck twice in two minutes to complete his hat-trick . Harnik claimed his second goal on the hour mark , and Christian Gentner made the scoreline slightly more respectable for Stuttgart with a 70th minute strike . Bayern now lie fifth in the table heading into the winter break . Stuttgart remain in trouble in 17th place with only 12 points .
Real Madrid keep pressure on rivals Barcelona with 3 - 0 win over Sevilla . Atletico Madrid recover from Europa League exit with 3 - 0 win over Malaga . In Bundesliga , Bayer Leverkusen miss opportunity to close gap on league leaders Dortmund . Mario Gómez scores a hat - trick as Bayern Munich thrash Dortmund 5 - 3 .