Samuel Eto'o got his first goal since returning from the Africa Cup, and what an important one it was! His strike against Chelsea in the Champions League gave Barcelona a good advantage for the second leg. Villarreal are also well placed to go through to the next round after a Riquelme penalty and a strike from Forlán gave them a 2-2 draw against Rangers. It was Forlán's first in the Champions League proper for Villarreal, not counting of course the one he got in the qualifying round against Everton.

Eto'o was in the news again at the weekend, but for different reasons after he was once again subject to racial abuse by a group of undesirables at Zaragoza. We comment more on that elsewhere in our website, but Barça were inspired for the last ten minutes of the game, Ronaldinho scoring from a penalty and Eto'o setting up Larsson for a second goal to extend their lead at the top of the table. Forlán was also on target again at Bilbao and he enters our chart once again this week.

Two big scores this weekend, with Espanyol bouncing back from their elimination from the UEFA cup to beat Sevilla 5-0, Luis García getting a hat-trick including a penalty, and an on-form Atlético Madrid winning by the same scoreline against Málaga, with Maxi on the scoresheet after two early goals from Fernando Torres, who would have had a hat-trick as well had Kezman not insisted on taking a penalty himself later on (which he missed).

Two other new entries in our chart this week, Dani helping Betis fans forget about Oliveira with his eighth of the season, and Arango also taking his tally to eight after scoring the winner for Mallorca against Real Madrid. Diego Tristán was also back on form as he got the goal to give Deportivo the three points at Osasuna. (27.02.06)