Goalkeepers certainly made the headlines this week! Athletic Bilbao's Armando was hit by a bottle thrown from the crowd at Betis and had to have stitches put in a nasty cut on his cheek, the incident causing the referee to abandon the game. A couple of inches higher and he could have lost an eye, and it is unlikely that he will be able to play next weekend. And our leader Toño got his cables crossed after the Getafe players jostled him to get the ball back after scoring a goal, the Racing keeper kicking out at Gavilán and then getting himself sent off for brawling with Braulio. Being a straight red, Toño will have to serve out his one match ban in the midweek cup semi-final second leg, when the two sides meet again. With all three changes made, central defender Marcano had to take over between the sticks for the last quarter of an hour, but he proved a competent replacement, making a couple of good saves before the final whistle.

Elsewhere there were five clean sheets in a weekend where 28 goals were scored in all. Sergio Asenjo's Valladolid and Ricardo's Osasuna drew 0-0, and there were victories to zero for Villarreal, Deportivo and Atlético Madrid, Diego López, Aouate and Abbiati (who comes in to our chart for the first time) the three incumbents. A couple of changes to mention as well, Lafuente taking over from the suspended Kameni at Espanyol, and new coach Javier Clemente bringing in Carini for Notario at Murcia, a move which didn't have the required effect as his team got hit for four by Recreativo. (17.03.08)