Real Madrid came from a goal down to beat 10-man Levante 4-2 and extend their lead to 10 points at the top of La Liga.
Visitors Levante opened the scoring just five minutes from kick-off at the Santiago Bernabeu, when Gustavo Cabral headed home from Francisco Farinos' free-kick.
Karim Benzema had a goal ruled out for offside soon afterwards, and it took until the stroke of half-time for Real to force an equaliser.
It came at a serious cost to the visitors, with Vicente Iborra shown a second yellow card for handling inside the box, and Cristiano Ronaldo converting from the penalty spot.
Ronaldo headed his side ahead just five minutes into the second half, climbing highest to nod home Gonzalo Higuain's cross.
And the Portugal international completed his hat-trick in some style seven minutes later, cutting in from the left to fire home a vicious strike from distance.
Aroune Kone pulled one back for Levante on 63 minutes, but his headed goal arrived against the run of play.
And Benzema restored Real's two-goal cushion just three minutes later, advancing into the box before dispatching a curling effort to the back post.
The win means Real now boast a commanding lead over defending champions Barcelona, and appear on course to collect their first league title since 2008.
In other matches, Valencia cruised to a 4-0 win in their match at home to Sporting Gijon.
Sofiane Feghouli opened the scoring 32 minutes into the match at the Mestalla, and the hosts doubled their lead thanks to Alberto Botias's 72nd-minute own goal.
An injury-time brace from substitute Jonas added further gloss to the margin of victory.
Miguel Perez Cuesta and Diego Da Silva Costa were on target for Rayo Vallecano in their 2-0 win at home to Getafe, who had Michel sent off on the hour mark.
Sebastien Fernendez, Jeremy Toulalan and Jose Salomon Rondon all scored as Malaga came from a goal down to beat Mallorca 3-1 at home.
Finally, second-half strikes from Paulo Da Silva and Juan Carlos helped bottom side Real Zaragoza record their first victory from 16 matches in all competitions, a 2-0 win away to Espanyol.