Great win for Sevilla earlier in the circumstances, talk about a sub changing the game, Kanoute was superb.

The first half of Valencia/Villarreal has been an absolute belter, shame it had to end.

Tis, Petal. I find her somewhat attractive to be completely honest with you.

I couldn't have been the only one who give a little shout of 'VILLAAAAAAAAAAA' (or Bee-yaaa) when that second goal went in?

She's gorgeous.


When it went in, I was more of an 'Ohhhhhhh!!' with the fans, or whatever they shout, then done an Ali-G'eque whack whack of the index on the thumb and middle digit.


Edu makes it 3-2. Great to see Edu scoring, I feel really sorry for how it's been for him at Valencia, the distress he was in when he went off injured the other week was painful viewing.

Hope they can keep it shut now, it's been one of the games of the season so far.

Capdevilla the diving git. Awful from the ref.

That accompinied my Villa shout.

Rossi makes it 3-3 with a pen. Eek.

Such a good game, didn't deserve to be spoilt by a poor reffing decision.

3-3 it finishes.

Probably a fair result, Villarreal played well and didn't deserve to lose, although the penalty was wrong IMO, plain wrong and it spoilt the match in a way.

Great game, without doubt the most entertaining I've watched this season.

Everytime I see young Mata, I can't help but shake my head in disgust at how Madrid let him leave on a free, whoever made that decision should be sacked.

What a great game that was, helped me make up my mind as to when to book my next trip to Madrid, mid-March for the Atlético/Villarreal game.

They are usually crackers (4-3 last season, 4-4 earlier this one) but no doubt it will end up being an uneventful 0-0 now I'll be there!

good result for my sevilla to win league w/o 'big two'
not like capdevila that though. disappointing from him.

Villarreal thoroughly deserving of their point and certainly one of the best games I've seen all season. In spite of Valencia's recent good touch, I maintain they'll never get anywhere with Renan in goal. Useless Brazilian flap merchant.

I can't argue that .at all. Cracking game and a draw was the fairest result. Valencia should be gracing the champions league with their presence next year by rights.

You should have heard the Gol Tv commentator banging on about how he was "world class" and bigging up almost everything he did as "brilliant" my wine nearly ended up all over the laptop* on a number of occasions!

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Atlético 3-1 down to Athletic at home with 20 minutes left.

I don't know what Aguirre does with them during the xmas break but this is the third (out of three) season in a row that the team have come back a shadow of what they were leading into it, sounds like the whole stadium is calling for his head.

I read that he had them training really hard over the Christmas period and they may be suffering from heavy legs. He needs to sort it out, though, they're far too easy to play against at the moment.

Osasuna 2 Barcelona 1 . 74 mins

Getting a little heated out there, too

2-2

What a goal by Messi!

Osasuna don't deserve this

Best left peg in the world?

Riera




Just kidding, definitely up there, not the most powerful, but certainly the most talented left foot.

I went a bit giddy when I saw the Osasuna scoreline with 15 minutes to go. Serves me right for jumping the gun!

The weekend:

Valencia 3-3 Villarreal
Deportivo 1-3 Sevilla
Atletico Madrid 2-3 Athletic Bilbao
Espanyol 2-2 Almeria
Mallorca 0-3 Real Madrid
Numancia 2-0 Getafe
Osasuna 2-3 Barcelona
Racing Santander 1-1 Recreativo Huelva
Real Betis 1-2 Malaga
Sporting Gijon 2-1 Valladolid

So Barcelona refuse to make this title race a bit more interesting with that hard-fought win in Pamplona. Barcelona's lead extends to 12 points with Real Madrid moving into second on goal difference, following their comfortable 3-0 win in the Balearics. Juande Ramos is unbeaten since El Clasico and Arjen Robben is in some nick.

Sevilla's negotiation of a tricky tie in Galicia means Manolo Jiminez can breathe easier, especially with both his main strikers, Fabiano and Kanoute, making a big impact. Valencia sit in fourth as just the slightest gap opens up between them and the UEFA cup spots.

Javier Aguirre is under pressure as Asim has noted, a home defeat is one thing but a home defeat to the Basques, who certainly do not travel well, is quite a result to stomach. Two goals from that man Fernando Llorente who is up to 7 for the season. Villarreal's creditable draw at the Mestalla means they are only just above Depor.

At the bottom, Numancia are the big winners as they pull further away, but Osasuna and Mallorca look increasingly adrift. Two Uche goals got Almeria out of jail at the Montjuic, while a stalemate between Racing and Recre helps neither. Things looking rosy for Sporting, however, as they leapfrog Valladolid.

that espanyol result will make some of my mates happy for the rest of the week. quite a few of them didnt expect anything out of that game. you know its bad when you dont fancy yourself at home to almeria.

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Table looks like this:

1 Barcelona 47
2 Real Madrid 35
3 Sevilla 35
4 Valencia 34
5 Atletico Madrid 30
6 Villarreal 30
7 Deportivo la Coruna 30
8 Málaga 28
9 Sporting de Gijón 24
10 Valladolid 23
11 Athletic Bilbao 23
12 Racing Santander 22
13 Getafe C.F 21
14 Almeria 20
15 C.D Numancia 20
16 Real Betis Balompié 18
17 Recreativo Huelva 17
18 Espanyol 15
19 Mallorca 14
20 Osasuna 13

I dont watch much La Liga, so rather than sound like a liverpool fan who think they know everything about the premiership from watching match of the day, could anyone tell me, are the any central defenders playing in La Liga, who are better than puyol

Atletico in freefall from the sounds of it, losing to Athletico at home is beyond bad.

Aguirre might only have a few games left if this forms carries on

just seen messi's goal... WOW!