FC Barcelona and Real Madrid got pulses racing in Spain, thrashing Atlético Madrid and Rayo Vallecano respectively on Saturday night. David Villa produced a sharp finish to give Barcelona a ninth-minute lead and the game looked to be up for Atlético just six minutes later when Thibaut Courtois saved Lionel Messi’s shot, only for the […]

La Liga heavyweights Barcelona and Real Madrid will want vast improvement when they host Atletico Madrid and Rayo Vallecano respectively on Saturday. Jose Mourinho’s Real in particular need to buck up their ideas if they are to end Barca’s three-year stranglehold on the title after dropping more points in an uninspiring 0-0 draw at Racing […]

Jose Mourinho admits he is worried about Real Madrid’s current form but said Wednesday’s 0-0 draw was down to Racing Santander’s negative tactics. After the narrow Super Cup defeat to Barcelona, Madrid looked in good form at the start of the season as they scored ten goals in their opening two La Liga games against Real […]

Cesc Fàbregas continued his free-scoring start to his FC Barcelona career with a second-half equaliser as the champions twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Valencia. An Éric Abidal own goal edged the Liga leaders ahead but the visitors swiftly levelled when Pedro Rodríguez rifled in Lionel Messi’s assist. Pablo Hernández’s strike looked like […]

Villarreal picked up their first win of the new La Liga season on Tuesday night, beating Real Mallorca 2-0. Giuseppe Rossi and Nilmar scored early in each half although the hosts could have scored even more as they enjoyed a return to form at El Madrigal. On another night Rossi could have had a hat-trick […]

Real Madrid have suffered their first Liga defeat of the season after slipping to a surprise 1-0 defeat at Levante after losing Sami Khedira to a 40th-minute red card. Germany midfielder Khedira received his marching orders upon collecting a second yellow close to half-time, but his team-mates still managed to see more of the ball, […]

A hat-trick from Lionel Messi and two David Villa goals helped Barcelona to an 8-0 victory against Osasuna at the Camp Nou, while Valencia made it three Liga wins out of three this season. Barcelona emphatically returned to winning ways with an 8-0 thrashing of CA Osasuna but remain two points behind early leaders Valencia, […]

Villareal boss Juan Carlos Garrido is refusing to panic at this early stage of the season despite a bad start to both their La Liga and Champions League campaigns. Villareal were thrashed 5-0 by Barcelona in their opening La Liga encounter and then lost 2-0 at home to Bayern Munich in midweek in their first […]