Today's front-page headlines from Marca, AS and Mundo Deportivo…
SOS Carlo
Ancelotti requested reinforcements: Has the thinnest squad in a decade
“The signing of Kroos was to improve, he was going to be put next to Xabi”
2-1
Atletico-Eibar
The champions playing chess
Two goal strategy bends against a superior Eibar
3-0 Athletic-Levante
1-1 Cordoba-Celta
1-2 Espanyol-Sevilla
19.00 Villarreal-Barca
Cheryshev: “Madrid’s cantera is as successful as Barca’s”
Costa
Leads Chelsea with a 3-6 win over Everton
Xabi debuts at Bayern with a draw
In the absence of Cristiano
James is the man
The Colombian assumes the protagonists role without Di Maria and Alonso
Madrid rest the Portuguese
He’s not in a good physical state
Atletico asked
Eibar didn’t shrink when it was 2-0 and had options until the end
Neymar reappears in El Madrigal
Luis Enrique contradicts Del Bosque
‘Pique is fine’