What is known over here as "the FIFA virus" affected Barcelona this weekend, their run of 16 league wins in a row coming to an end after a 1-1 draw at Sporting Gijón. David Villa's goal against his old club at least saved their undefeated away record though. As it was, Real Madrid had another day to recover from their international commitments, and Marcelo's goal at Espanyol was enough to give them a win which takes them to within five points of their rivals. A low scoring weekend however, with five games decided by a single goal, one of which from Caicedo took Levante out of the drop zone. Elsewhere a Luis Fabiano penalty appeared to have given Sevilla a win at Málaga, but the locals came back to level the scores at 2-2 thanks to an injury time strike from Rondón. But maybe the most interesting fact of the weekend was that neither Leo Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo scored! Statsticians have been up all night checking the record books... (16.02.11)