Roy Makaay moved further ahead of the bunch with his twentieth of the season at Atlético Madrid. The Dutch striker is making a habit of scoring against the Colchoneros; this was his eighth in seven games. However this time it did little good as Fernando Torres turned it on in the last twenty minutes to score his own tenth of the season and then set up Correa for another to win the game. Torres is currently lying fourth equal in the league Pichichi chart, behind Makaay and the twin terrors at Real Sociedad, Kovacevic and Nihat, both of whom scored again this weekend to help their side fight back from two down at Valencia and keep up their incredible unbeaten record this season.

One re-entry in the chart this week, Joaquín, who thought he had scored a last minute winner until Alavés went down the other end and equalised, and one new entry, a young chap by the name of Ronaldo. Yes, "el fenómeno" is back, and the way he appears to be settling in to the side alongside Raúl, Zidane and Figo is sending shivers up the spines of the opponents. When all four are playing there is no room for Guti, but he too is scoring at every chance he can, adding two more to his tally in the cup midweek to take his total in all competitions to eleven. Talking of the cup, Pandiani got his scoring boots back on after four games without a goal, and having got one against Valladolid in the "copa del rey" midweek, he added another in the league at Rayo on Sunday. . (14.01.03)