Soccer Digest

SPAIN: Getafe continued to defy the odds when they crushed Real Zaragoza 5-2 to go top of the Primera Liga yesterday, while Real Madrid had Thomas Gravesen and David Beckham sent off in their 2-1 defeat to Valencia at the Bernabeu last night.

A David Silva goal put Celta Vigo second, just above Real, after a 1-0 win over Espanyol.

Getafe moved up to 17 points, one more than Celta and two more than Real. Osasuna are fourth after losing 3-0 to fifth-placed Barcelona on Saturday.

Ruben Baraja had put Valencia ahead in the 22nd minute in the Spanish capital before Raul pulled one back for Real 14 minutes later. Three minutes later David Villa scored the winner from the penalty spot before substitute Gravesen got a straight red and Beckham was shown two yellow cards for dissent in the last 10 minutes of the game.

Veljko Paunovic put Getafe in front early on and Daniel Guiza doubled the lead from the penalty spot after 20 minutes. Guiza broke away to score a third five minutes later and Ruben Pulido headed a fourth before half-time.

Zaragoza pulled two back in the second period before Getafe's Pablo Redondo sealed the win with a spectacular volley.

ITALY: Tommasco Rocchi scored a second-half equaliser for Lazio as the Rome derby ended in a stalemate last night.

Italian international Francesco Totti had put "home" side AS Roma ahead in the 40th minute but his effort was cancelled by Rocchi in the 57th minute of a fiercely competitive contest.

Earlier in the day, injury plagued Filippo Inzaghi scored his first league goal in 19 months to give second-placed AC Milan a 2-1 win over Palermo, while leaders Juventus remain five points clear thanks to a 3-0 win at Lecce.

BURLEY DEPARTS: The former England manager Bobby Robson has warned Hearts he would not tolerate interference in team selection.

The ex-Newcastle and Ipswich boss has expressed an interest in the vacancy at Tynecastle created by the departure of George Burley.

The former Scotland international is believed to have been involved in a row with majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov on Friday as their relationship disintegrated over team selection.

Burley, who had guided the team to the top of the Scottish Premier League left Tynecastle before the 2-0 win over Dunfermline on Saturday.