Real Mallorca's poor away form returned to haunt them as they slumped to defeat at Getafe.
Mallorca started the weekend level with fourth-placed Sevilla on 43 points, but they missed the chance to further strengthen their push after going down to goals from Daniel Parejo, Miku and Manu Del Moral.
Parejo headed home the opener in the 32nd minute, substitute Miku made it 2-0 10 minutes from time before his fellow replacement Manu wrapped up the scoring soon after from the penalty spot.
In that same incident Mallorca captain Nunes was sent off after handling the ball on the line.
The result leaves the Balearic Island outfit with just two wins and eight defeats from their 14 away games this season, and that is badly hampering their chances of claiming an unexpected top-four finish.
Getafe, on the other hand, will have renewed hope of finishing in the top six after ending a six-match streak without a win in La Liga.
The beaten Copa del Rey semi-finalists began the game in ninth spot, eight points behind Deportivo La Coruna in the final Europa League place.
The opening half-hour of the match produced little to worry either goalkeeper, although Ayoze Diaz's thunderous strike that smashed one of the seats behind the goal might have concerned Getafe goalkeeper Oscar Ustari if it had been on target.
The first decent chance fell to Getafe midfielder Pedro Leon, who was denied by a good block by Dudu Aouate after being put through by Roberto Soldado.
The home side need not have worried about that miss though as within two minutes they were ahead.
Jaime Gavilan's cross from the left was met by Parejo and his close-range header flew into the roof of the net, leaving Aouate no chance to repeat his heroics of moments before.
The second half followed a similar script, with Getafe making most of the running and looking the more likely scorers.
Javier Casquero and Pedro Leon both had efforts saved by Aouate while Parejo fluffed a good opening at the far post.
In a rare Mallorca attack, Gonzalo Castro fired in a cross-shot that Ustari did well to hold, and that gave warning to the home side that their lead was a precarious one.
Getafe changed all that in the closing stages though as they scored twice in five minutes through two of their replacements.
Miku had only been on the pitch a couple of minutes when he picked up a pass from Parejo and squeezed a low shot past Aouate.
Michel's men then wrapped up the scoring soon after from the penalty spot.
Aouate did superbly to deny two Getafe players in quick succession but in the ensuing goalmouth scramble the ball looked set to roll over the line, only to be seemingly stopped by Nunes' hand.
The referee immediately pointed to the spot and, after consulting his assistant and ignoring the protests of the Mallorca players, he sent off Nunes.
From the resulting penalty Manu fired into the corner to seal a deserved return to winning ways for Getafe.
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