Real Madrid maintained their 100% Primera Liga record by thrashing lowly Xerez 5-0 at the Bernabeu. The on-fire Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a brace before goals from Guti, Karim Benzema and the fit-again Ruud van Nistelrooy completed the rout. Real join Barcelona on top of the table with nine points, while newcomers Xerez are bottom with zero points and no goals. Another team that made it three wins out of three were Athletic Bilbao, who edged Villarreal 3-2 to go third after Barca and Real. Valencia Held At the Mestalla, Valencia missed a golden opportunity to keep in touch with the leaders when they were held to a 2-2 draw by ten-man Sporting Gijon.
Villa also has four goals David Barral's early opener for Sporting was cancelled out by a double from Spain goal-machine David Villa. Even though they played with ten men after Michel saw red in the 25th minute, Sporting snatched an 86th minute equalizer through Arnolin Gregory. Valencia slip to fifth place with seven points, whereas Sporting are 10th with four. Real 5-0 Xerez