The league's top two keepers Cañizares and Cavallero met in the Mestalla stadium this weekend, and between them they saved three penalties. It was the Celta keeper who came out the better of the two though, stopping one in each half from Spanish international Baraja and keeping a clean sheet. Cañizares did save Vagner's late kick, but the midfielder followed up to score on the rebound.

It was a strange weekend for penalties, with a record ten awarded but only four scored. Kovacevic's hit the bar, but there were two more saves, Casillas from Iván Alonso and Burgos from Dely Valdés. The Atlético keeper had just come on to replace Esteban, who was sent off in the penalty incident, but unfortunately for the Argentine rock star his acrobatics came to nothing as Fernando Sanz followed up to score.

As well as Esteban, there were three other goalkeeping changes this week. Molina returned after an injury for Depor, López Vallejo replaced Reina again at Villarreal, and Sanzol played his first game of the season for Osasuna at the Nou Camp. And only three clean sheets, the aforementioned Cavallero, Racing's Ceballos and Mallorca's Leo Franco. Not easy for keepers this week in the Spanish league. (08.10.02).