Provide the highlights for the following article:\n    MADRID, Spain -- NAME_1 scored for the sixth game in a row as NAME_2 defeated big-spending Atletico Madrid 3-0 to stay in touch with NAME_3 leaders NAME_4 Madrid. NAME_5 (left) is congratulated by NAME_6 after scoring again in NAME_2's 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid. NAME_2 had thumped Atletico 6-0 on their own ground last season and the visitors were out for revenge -- but conceded twice in four minutes. After 15 minutes, Italian goalkeeper NAME_7 let a routine NAME_5 cross slip out of his hands and Deco rolled home into the empty net. Four minutes later NAME_5 played a great one-two with NAME_6 and rifled a shot past Abbiati for his sixth goal of the season and NAME_8 added a third late on. \"It was a deserved victory against a rival that we have had problems with in the past,\" explained Barca coach NAME_9. \"We scored twice in quick succession and then we controlled the match using aggression and with the team attacking and defending as a unit.\" \"Conceding two early goals inside four minutes is not easy to turn around especially against NAME_2,\" admitted Atletico coach NAME_10. It was NAME_2's fourth straight league win but they still trail NAME_4 Madrid by two points after the champions beat Recreativo Huleva 2-0. Dutch international NAME_11, the league's top-scorer last season, scored on 72 minutes before NAME_12 netted in the final minute to keep NAME_4 at the summit. Luck deserted them when NAME_13 hit the post but NAME_14 scored in the final quarter hour before Higuain struck to keep them two points clear at the top. NAME_4 have made their best start since 1991 but coach NAME_15's rotation policy has been questioned with the German chopping and changing his team. \"It was an important victory because it is the final match before we go away on international duty,\" said Dutch winger NAME_16. \"We are now top for the next two weeks and can build on that when we return.\" NAME_17, now four points behind NAME_4, lost for only the second time in 15 matches with a 3-2 reverse against Osasuna. NAME_18, third last season, are in a crisis after losing their fourth league game in a row with a goal from Riki handing Deportivo La Coruna a surprise 1-0 win. NAME_18 have just six points from their first six matches and are 13 points behind NAME_4. NAME_19's NAME_20 became the first Spanish league coach to be sacked this season, after their 3-0 home loss to NAME_4 Zaragoz