Spain: Barcelona's unbeaten run climbs to 17 matches

MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Seydou Keita scored a second-half equalizer Sunday for Barcelona to draw 1-1 with Getafe and end its winning streak in the Spanish league at nine matches.

Keita headed in Daniel Alves' cross to the far post in the 72nd minute at the Camp Nou stadium to extend Barcelona's unbeaten run in all competitions to 17 games.

Barcelona leads the Spanish league standings by three points despite dropping not winning at home for the first time in more than two months. Barcelona has 29 points, Real Madrid has 26, followed by Villarreal on 25. Valencia and Sevilla are both on 24.

Getafe's Manu del Moral gathered his own blocked pass to curl a 20-meter shot beyond goalkeeper Victor Valdes to score in the 19th minute.

With Lionel Messi watching from the bench, Barcelona struggled to respond with Bojan Krkic unable to find any rhythm along the right flank and the usually reliable Xavi Hernandez turning the ball over in midfield.

Samuel Eto'o hit the bar from long range in the 39th, before coach Pep Guardiola brought on Thierry Henry for Krkic in the 56th.

Valdes let Juan Angel Albin's high shot slip through his hands in the 70th but it flashed past by the post. The hosts then dominated to the final whistle, with Henry and Carles Puyol both heading wide from close range after Keita's goal.

Getafe goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri touched Gerard Pique's header as it hit the bar in the 80th.

Earlier, Javier Barkero's injury-time penalty gave Numancia a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid.

Barkero scored in the fifth minute of added time after Gorka Brit was brought down inside the area after getting tangled up with defenders Luis Perea and John Heitinga.

Atletico, which has 18 points, went ahead through Diego Forlan's 35th-minute goal - the Uruguay striker's third in two games. But Numancia pressed for a second-half equalizer with two chances hitting the woodwork. Late in the game, Atletico goalkeeper Leo Franco reached back to keep Asier Goiria's header out with replays showing the ball may have crossed the goal line.

In Sunday's other games, Real Betis won 2-1 at Sporting Gijon; Osasuna beat Almeria 3-1; Mallorca drew 2-2 with Malaga and Racing Santander beat Espanyol 3-0.

Deportivo La Coruna plays Athletic Bilbao later Sunday.

Madrid scraped past lowly Recreativo Huelva 1-0 on Saturday, while Villarreal lost its first home game in nearly a year in an embarrassing 3-0 loss to Valladolid. Valencia drew 0-0 at Sevilla.

Fabian Monzon and Achille Emana led a second-half rally that saw Betis win its third straight game to go seventh with 17 points.

Monzon fired a free kick from 30 meters (yards) off the inside of the post in the 52nd minute, and Emana slotted home Jesus Capitan's short pass seven minutes later to round off the win.

Almeria took an early lead against Osasuna through Alvaro Negredo's penalty, but was reduced to 10 men moments later after Guilherme Oliveira Santos elbowed Juan Francisco Torres in the throat.

Walter Pandiani headed Javan Nekounam's long ball home in the 14th to level. An own-goal by Hernan Pellerano at Reyno de Navarro stadium gave Osasuna the lead, and Krisztian Vadocz scored in injury time to give Osasuna its first win of the season, lifting the team off the bottom of the standings.

Mallorca twice rallied through Josemi Gonzalez and Pierre Webo, who coolly controlled the ball inside the area to score in the 78th minute to earn the hosts a point.

Mallorca defender Ivan Ramis swept Sergio "Duda'' Barbosa's dangerous cross into his own goal in the 13th, before Josemi equalized five minutes later. Nabil Baha scored Malaga's second in the 24th.

At El Sardinero, Ivan Marcano took advantage of a goalkeeping error by Carlos Kameni and Oscar Serrano volleyed home a poor defensive clearance to give Racing a 2-0 lead at halftime. Jonathan Pereira made it 3-0 in the 59th.

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