Villarreal kept with the same spirits that they have initiated with in La Liga by beating Celtic 1 v 0 at home last night thanks to a direct free kick slotted home in the 66th minute by Senna. They now stand second in the league on four points while Manchester Utd are top on goal difference.

It's was a vital win for Villarreal but manager Pellegrini said that the result didn't reflect what happened on the pitch 'It was hard and complicated, at this level there is little difference between the teams,' he said. He thinks his team was the better side but has noted that there is still a lot of work to do 'To clasify we need ten points, we've got four but there's still a long way to go even though Celtic and Aalborg have dropped points.' It's a great start though, to go away at Manchester and get a point, even though Manchester were off form, was an excellent start and to beat Celtic has lined them up in a pretty sexy position.

Gordon Strachan wasn't happy with the decision about the free kick which led to the goal 'My players aren't convinced it was a foul, I'm not going to comment on it because you can see it on the television, all I'm saying is that it was decisive.' You're not wrong there Strachan; join the club, it seems like at the end of every major game the referee's decision has a vital impact, but that's nothing new I suppose. Strachan has already admitted there is a huge mountain to climb; but nothing's impossible, look at how Liverpool started last year and they got to the Semis.

The stats show that Villarreal had 62% of the ball possession and had more shots on goal and won more corners, the only things that Celtic had more of was fouls committed and yellow cards, perhaps a bit of frustration flying about.

Either way it's an excellent start for Pellegrini's boys, lets hope they can keep it up and qualify!

Atletico Madrid, or better known as rojiblanco (Redwhite) got off to a super start to their Champions League campaign by smashing PSV 3 v 0, away. Aguero, or better known as 'Kun', yet again, was a master and popped in two goals in the 9th and 36th minute while Maniche, or also known as 'Papa', got the third in the 54th minute.

To win away at PSV was the best possible start for the Redwhite's, who haven't been in the Champions League for some time. The only downside was that Forlan, who picked up a knock when he was at international duty for Uruguay, had to come off with a torn muscle and maybe out for three weeks to a month.

Manager Aguirre said that 'We're not completely happy thanks to Forlan's injury, he's been unlucky and we hope he'll be back soon.'

He better be back in a month or he'll miss out on Atletic's most testing challenge against Liverpool on 22nd of October. 

Come on Forlan, get shifty down the docs, you don't wanna get a beatin' from the Scousers. 

Or he has been today...

Metzelder, defender for Real Madrid, has said that yesterday's results against Numancia (They won 4 v 3) should have been better 'we've got a lot of room for improvement' he said. 'We've got problems with set pieces and yesterday's errors were from a lack in concentration' he added, you don't say!

Metzelder was a class defender in this years Euro Cup and is obviously missing his German counterparts 'We're not used to letting so many goals in,' he said. Saying that, he's confident that with some more training on set pieces his side will improve. That might be the case Metzy, but let's face it, everyone wants to beat Madrid and now that they know you're dodgy at the back on set pieces I'm sure there's gonna be a few elbows flying in your face in the next few games, nervy? You should be son.

Metzy isn't worried about this weeks Champions League clash with Bate 'They are a small team, we're more worried about Juventus' he added.

I'm sure that's what he was thinking before the Numancia game, I reckon Bate will cause some problems too. Good luck Mezty, keep it tight at the back, remember what happened in the Euro final?

Where is it all going wrong for Barca?

Yesterday they drew their first home game of the season against Racing 1 v 1. It was a frustrating game for Pep Guardiola who decided to take heed of Maradona's comments and resting Messi to start with, as soon as he came on he made a positive impact and also netted the penalty.

There were a few dubious decisions made by the ref, Pinillos should have had a red card for a tackle on Hleb, Iniesta should have had a penalty but then so should Racing at the other end.

Dani Alves and Keita, both former Sevillistas both had good games, but it was difficult for Barca to break down Racing's tight defense.

Atlectico, on the other hand, lost 2 v 1 away at Valldolid, they were 2 v 0 down after just 27 minutes and spent the rest of the game chasing. Kun, ex partner of Fernando Torres, netted their only goal.

Both Barca and Atletico will be looking for more impressive performances this Tuesday in the Champions League, Barca are at home to Sporting Lisbon and Atletico away to PSV Eindhoven.