Madrid - Valencia moved up to fifth Sunday in the Spanish Liga with a 4-1 thrashing of lowly Getafe.
Euro 2008 top scorer David Villa put Valencia on the road to victory by calmly putting away two penalties. Fellow Spanish internationals Juan Mata and Raul Albiol scored Valencia's other goals.
"It was important for us to win tonight," said Albiol, "in order to keep our Champions League chances alive."
Albiol and company are now just two points behind fourth-placed Villarreal, who crashed 3-0 Saturday at Almeria.
