"A perro flaco, todo son pulgas". they say over here (a skinny dog always gets fleas, i.e. when things are down, everything goes against you), and this week the skinny dog was bottom club Almería. Drawing 1-1 at relegation rivals Málaga Alvarez Izquierdo showed a second yellow card to Ulloa, leaving the visitors with ten men (later nine after Luna was also red-carded), and Málaga went on to win 3-1. The disciplinary committee didn't agree though overturning Ulloa's first yellow, but the damage was done and Almería lose ground on a direct rival. Incidentally this was the third time that Alvarez has had a red card overturned this season, although he has plenty to spare, topping our chart this year with 128 yellows and 13 reds in the 17 games he has officiated to date. (02.03.11)