Valencia climbed into fifth and closed the gap on fourth placed Villarreal to just two points after a comfortable win over Getafe.

Financially-troubled Valencia have secured a 50 million euro (45.2m) loan from a group of local businesses.

Villarreal fought back from 2-0 down to share a 3-3 draw with Valencia in a scintillating La Liga encounter at the Mestalla.

Thierry Henry scores a hat-trick and Barcelona beat Valencia 4-0 in La LIga to go six points clear at the top. Daniel Alves is also on target.

Portugal midfielder Fernandes thumps a first-time shot inside the near post as Valencia beat Getafe 3-0. The hosts lose striker Roberto Soldado to a foolish red card just before the break and it is one-way traffic from there on as Joaquin and Vicente both score well-worked goals.

Valencia CF 1-1 FC Kopenhagen’s Brazilian forward Cesar Santin struck a late equaliser to deny the Spanish side a winning start to their Group G campaign at Mestalla.

David Villa makes it eight goals in seven games with brace in 4-0 hammering of Numancia

Valencia grabbed a hard-fought and somewhat fortunate point in Almeria thanks to a David Villa strike, after the hosts impressed everyone with their largely solid defence and counter attacking quality. Here are the individual player ratings.by John Rowlands