No doubts about the man of the week this week. Ruud Van Nistelrooy scored two in the cup and then four more at the weekend against Osasuna to race to the top of our chart. His performance overshadowed that of Ronaldinho, who scored two against Zaragoza and set up another for Saviola, who also got two in the cup on Wednesday night. Morientes stays a goal ahead of "el Gaucho" though with a strike against Athletic on Saturday.

With first division sides mainly playing at home in the second leg of the cup, there were 32 goals between them this week. Nihat and Díaz de Cerio (who also scored at the weekend) bagged a brace each to take their tallies to three in the competition, although the latter will be taking no further part as Real were knocked out. Yeste and Ewerthon also got their names on the scorecard, as did Valdo and Sinama-Pongolle at the weekend in the league. (13.11.06)