Atlético Madrid 2 - Mallorca 1

Atlético: Burgos; Aguilera (Gaspar 46'), Lequi, Simeone, Sergi; Novo, De los Santos, Ibagaza (Jorge 63'), Musampa (Nano 77'); Fernando Torres, Nikolaidis. 4-4-2.
Mallorca: Miki; David Cortés, Nadal, Fernando Niño, Olaizola; Campano, Nagore, Colsa (Correa 66'), Nené (Stankovic 50'); Eto'o, Bruggink (Marcos 46'). 4-4-2.

Team changes: Atlético: Simeone, Nikolaidis for Santi, Diego Rivas / Mallorca: Miki, Olaizola, Campano for Leo Franco, Toni González, Jesús Perera.

Goals:
1-0. 26. Fernando Torres. Beat keeper with header from Ibagaza free kick.
1-1. 38. Eto'o. Got ahead of defence to connect with Campano pass and score.
2-1. 92. Jorge. Curled free kick over wall and into far top corner of net.

A fascinating match at Manzanares, where Gregorio Manzano and Luis Aragonés faced off against each other after effectively swapping sides this season. Aragonés only took over at San Moix a week ago after Manzano's summer replacement Jaime Pacheco got the boot, although he knows the place well from his previous spell in charge a couple of years back. And curiously his first squad included four players who he was willing to let go last season while still at Atleti, Colsa and Nagore who started the match and Stankovic and Correa who came on in the second half.

With his team down in the bottom three, Manzano was under pressure to get a result, and he made a couple of key changes, bringing back Simeone as a central defender and giving Nikolaidis his first start up front with Fernando Torres. After a good start by the visitors, Atlético finally got into their stride, and Torres brought a good save out of reserve keeper Miki. And a minute later the young Spanish international finally got his first goal of the season, heading home a free kick from Ibagaza.

The lead only lasted twelve minutes though before Eto'o equalised with his fourth goal in four days from Campano's pass. Four minutes later Torres thought he had restored the lead when he headed past Miki from a corner, but referee Losantos Omar ruled it out for a supposed foul by Lequi which only he saw. The game degenerated on a wet pitch after the break, although Cortés had to head an effort from Lequi off the line. But with the visitors attacking, and Eto'o and Stankovic both wasting chances, substitute Jorge beat Miki with an injury time free kick to take Atlético above their opponents and out of the bottom three.