Poor results for Spanish sides as the UEFA Cup returned after the winter break, Getafe's De la Red the only La Liga player as his side drew 1-1 at AEK Athens and Atlético Madrid and Villarreal both lost 1-0 at Bolton and Zenit respectively. All three will be at home though for next week's second legs.

Three league matches on Saturday, with lots of goals to start us off. Luis Fabiano and Kanouté were on target early on at Espanyol to increase their lead at the top of our table, with Luis García getting one back as the Andalusians won 2-4. And Real Madrid were brought down to Earth after scoring seven the week before, Edu getting one of the goals as Betis beat them 2-1. Later in the evening Barcelona won 1-2 at Zaragoza, Oliveira cancelling out Henry's earlier strike before Ronaldinho converted a controversial late penalty.

"El Gaucho" comes back into our chart, as does Negredo, who got his eighth of the season in Almería's 1-0 win against Murcia. He is one of the candidates for the "Zarra" trophy, which is given to the highest scoring Spanish player in La Liga. At the moment the chart is topped by Raúl, Güiza and now Llorente, who also scored his eleventh of the current campaign this weekend. (18.02.08)