Referees featured a lot this weekend. On Saturday Iturralde González awarded a hotly disputed penalty to Barcelona to spark off a comeback against Betis, whereas Megía Davila didn't want to know when Osasuna's Miguel Flaño brought down Deportivo's Valerón in the area.

And the following day it continued, Mateu Lahoz ruling out a second goal by Real Madrid's Huntelaar for a non-existent offside, and Turienzo Alvarez leaving Espanyol with ten men against Sevilla after showing a very rigorous second yellow card to Lola.

Elsewhere Alvarez Izquierdo didn't spot Athletic Bilbao keeper bringing down Recreativo's Colunga as he advanced in to the area, and Muñiz Fernández went a bit over the top showing three red cards in the match between Almería and Valladolid. Other than that our men-in-black had a pretty uneventful weekend! (17.02.09)