Carlisle boss Paul Simpson hailed his team’s “important” win as goals from Jordan Gibson and Joe Garner completed a 2-1 League One comeback victory over in-form Burton.
Simpson also praised the character of a side that had lost their last three games in all competitions without scoring a goal.
Carlisle trailed to Mark Helm’s 28th-minute goal before top-scorer Gibson equalised in the 53rd minute and Garner wrapped up a vital victory two minutes from time.
“Maybe we should have got something at the weekend (at Portsmouth) which we didn’t,” said Simpson. “So, it was really important we got a win, not even a draw.
“We showed good patience throughout the game which we knew we would have to.
“We expected them to do what they did because they are difficult to break down.
“We knew they were waiting for us to make a mistake and they punished us with the one mistake we made in the first half.
“I just said at half-time keep doing the things we have been doing but make it count in the final third. It was about the test of our character.
“Could we keep doing the right things and not lose our heads and our belief in what we are doing?
“The fans stuck with us and the players showed good attitude and character to keep going.
“They kept persevering, probing and trying to find the right pass. In the end we got two good goals which earned us three points. And we absolutely deserved this win.”
Burton manager Dino Maamria saw his side lose for the first time in nine games, with a bid for a fifth successive victory ending tamely.
“It was a tough night but credit to Carlisle, they played well and deserved to win,” said Maamria. “It is a tough place to come.
“We scored a good goal in the first half but were put under a fair bit of pressure.
“I thought the officials played their part in putting us under some pressure; some free-kicks and throw-ins which were ours.
“Their decisions gave them momentum and we couldn’t get out.
“We had chances in the second half and Josh Walker hit the side netting.
“We weren’t at it and there are reasons for that. We had to make two substitutions at half-time we didn’t want to make.
“But we can’t look back at the run we have been on.
“That run is gone now so we have to rest and recover and start another one, starting Saturday.”
Barcelona 3-0 Rayo Vallecano: Lewandowski and Pedri on target as Blaugrana seal second place
Barcelona beat Rayo Vallecano 3-0 in their final home game of the season on Sunday to secure second place in LaLiga.
An early Robert Lewandowski goal and a quick-fire double from Pedri got the job done for the Blaugrana.
The result moved Barcelona to 82 points, four points above Girona, who won 3-1 away at Valencia.
Champions Real Madrid are 12 points above Barca with one more round of games left.
Barca took the lead in the third minute when Lamine Yamal, on his 50th appearance, cut in from the right wing and chipped the ball to Lewandowski, who expertly controlled the pass with his chest and volleyed home.
Although Rayo had their chances to level, Barcelona doubled their lead with some magical footwork from Joao Felix who saw his shot saved but Pedri managed to score from the rebound to give the home side a two-goal cushion.
Barely three minutes later, Pedri spotted a gap in Rayo's high defensive line and he was put through on goal with a long ball from centre-back Ronald Araujo, allowing the 21-year-old to fire home and double his goal tally for the season.
Barca will finish their season away at Sevilla next weekend while Rayo, who are 16th, host Athletic Bilbao.
Data Debrief: Lewy hits 25, again
Lewandowski has now scored 25 goals in all competitions this season.
He has netted at least 25 times in all competitions in each of the last 11 seasons, three campaigns more than any other player in top five European leagues over that period.
Villarreal 4-4 Real Madrid: LaLiga's top scorer Sorloth scores four in thrilling comeback
Villarreal forward Alexander Sorloth struck four times in 17 minutes to help his side fight back and snatch a 4-4 home draw against LaLiga champions Real Madrid on Sunday.
Madrid opened the scoring in the 14th minute when Turkey youngster Arda Guler slotted home a low strike off a Brahim Diaz pass before Joselu doubled the lead with a close-range header on the half-hour mark.
Sorloth pulled one back for Villarreal with a towering header in the 39th minute, but Lucas Vazquez restored Madrid's two-goal advantage a minute later, before Guler made it 4-1 in the final seconds of the first half.
But the hosts rallied after the break, with Sorloth scoring three goals in eight minutes, between the 48th and 56th minutes, as he reached 23 league goals this season to take LaLiga's Golden Boot award.
A second-half collapse will frustrate Carlo Ancelotti in the final league game of the season, with a Champions League final to come against Borussia Dortmund on June 1, but Madrid still achieved another record here.
Los Blancos surpassed the best unbeaten run in their entire LaLiga history after making it 31 games undefeated, eclipsing the previous record set between May 1988 and April 1989 with Leo Beenhakker as coach.
Data Debrief: Shot-heavy Sorloth delivers
Sorloth attempted nine shots in this game, the joint-highest total for a player in LaLiga this season, but those efforts paid dividends for his eye-catching four-goal haul.
He had played five games against Madrid and failed to score in all of them before this, against no other opponent has he played more games without scoring in the competition, but delivered emphatically here.
Atletico Madrid 1-4 Osasuna: Hosts certain to finish fourth after heavy defeat
Raul Garcia scored in each half as Osasuna secured their first win at Atletico Madrid since 2009, beating the hosts 4-1 in LaLiga on Sunday and handing them their second home loss of the league campaign.
The visitors scored in the 26th minute when Alejandro Catena headed it down inside the box for Garcia to score.
Osasuna doubled their lead in the 52nd minute with Atletico keeper Jan Oblak's block falling to substitute Aimar Oroz for a close-range finish.
Atletico struck back three minutes later with substitute Alvaro Morata scoring off Angel Correa's cross from the left.
But Garcia restored Osasuna's two-goal cushion in the 64th minute, before Lucas Torro sealed the victory, hammering home with his right foot in the 88th.
Osasuna's first win in seven matches lifted them to 11th place in the league with 44 points from 37 matches. Atletico, who have 73 points, will finish fourth after falling five points behind third-placed Girona.
Data Debrief: Difference in finishing proves decisive
Atletico managed 14 shots on goal, compared to Osasuna's total of 15, the expected goals battle was also close (1.72 v 1.84) and the hosts edged the possession count with 56.7%.
But clinical finishing from Osasuna was the difference, with six of their shots finding the target and four of them beating home goalkeeper Oblak.
Atletico, meanwhile, only had one other attempt on target apart from Morata's goal. Griezmann (four), Samuel Lino, Rodrigo De Paul and Correa (all two) combined for 10 attempts, with only one of those working Sergio Herrera in the Osasuna goal.
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