Six of the seven goals were scored in a hugely entertaining first half that finished with Madrid leading 4-2, and after the break Numancia could only find one of the two goals they needed to get anything out of the game.

Juan Moreno stunned the home fans when he put Numancia ahead in the seventh minute, but Guti fired Madrid level with the club's 5,000th Primera Liga goal.

Madrid looked to have recovered from that early wobble, but they found themselves behind again as Jose Barkero lashed in what will go down as one of the goals of the season, sending an unstoppable shot into the top corner of Iker Casillas' net from 30 yards out.

However, Madrid replied with three goals before half-time as Gonzalo Higuain and debutant Rafael van der Vaart scored before Numancia defender Domingo Cisma put the ball into his own net.

Moreno pulled one back for Numancia 11 minutes into the second half but there would be no way back for the visitors.

Unai Emery watched his Valencia side grab a deserved point in a 2-2 draw on his first return to Almeria.

Almeria led twice, through Pablo Piatti and Alvaro Negredo, but Valencia hit back through Alexis and David Villa.

Luis Garcia's late strike gave Espanyol an impressive 1-0 win at Recreativo Huelva to keep up their strong start to the new campaign.

Villarreal secured their first win of the season with a 1-0 success over Deportivo La Coruna at El Madrigal.

A stunning long-range strike from winger Santi Cazorla was enough to settle the match.

Javier Portillo struck six minutes from time to win a valuable point for Osasuna at Real Mallorca in a 1-1 draw.

The games between Malaga and Athletic Bilbao, and between Getafe and Real Betis ended goalless.