It has been a packed week of footballing action with all the national leagues back up and running again after a fortnight break.

In Spain things failed to improve for Real Madrid after they were beaten 2 – 1 at home by Atletico Madrid. However, Barcelona notched up another victory beating Athletic Bilbao at home.

England saw Liverpool suffer from a shock 1 – 0 defeat at home by Aston Villa while Manchester City and Arsenal will both be disappointed by their 2 – 2 draw. Chelsea were the main winners last weekend after coming from 1 – 0 behind to defeat Swansea 4 – 2. Things also improved for Manchester United thanks to a 4 – 0 victory over QPR, their first victory of the season.

In Germany Bayern Munich defeated Vfb Stuttgart 2 – 0 and they will now be busy preparing for their Champions League game against Manchester City this week. It was also a good week for Borussia Dortmund as they defeated Freiburg 3 – 1 at home.

AC Milan, Juventus and AS Roma are now the only teams in the Italian league to have six points from two games after winning their matches this week. Juventus beat Udinese 2 – 0, AC Milan won a fantastic match 5 – 4 against Parma and AS Roma beat Empoli 1 – 0.