Atletico on fire

Atletico Madrid star Kun Aguero celebrates in his trademark style after scoring the opening goal against Recreativo Huelva during their Primera Liga encounter at the Vincente Calderon Stadium in Madrid on Saturday.Photo: AFP

Atletico Madrid capped a fantastic week with a 4-0 home victory over Recreativo Huelva on Saturday to go second in the Spanish first division.
After demolishing PSV Eindhoven 3-0 on Tuesday in their first Champions League match for 11 years, Atletico crushed Recreativo by one goal more.
Atletico lie behind Espanyol who return to the summit despite a 1-1 draw with Getafe on Saturday which ended their 100 per cent start to the season.
Argentina's Sergio Aguero, known by the nickname "Kun", had scored twice against PSV and made it three goals in five days with the Atletico opener before Portuguese schemer Maniche, also on target in Eindhoven, added a second.
Atletico coach Javier Aguirre heaped praise on former Chelsea man Maniche who has fought his way back into the team after looking destined to leave.
"He (Maniche) had a good game and is playing at a very high level at the moment. He feels important within the dressing room and is a winner," said Aguirre.
French striker Florent Sinama Pongolle scored twice in the final 13 minutes to down his former club.
Pongolle, deputising for the injured Diego Forlan, had two successful seasons at Recreativo before Atletico came calling in the summer.
With just seven minutes gone, 20-year-old Argentine Aguero, top-scorer last season with 19 goals, ghosted into the area completely unmarked to head home.
Aguero thought he had scored again after 25 minutes but the effort was disallowed with Pongolle penalised for a foul in the lead-up to the goal.
"Aguero is a great footballer and I am certain that one day he will be one of the best in the world," declared Recreativo coach Manolo Zambrano.
The player came off after an hour with Aguirre probably keen to rest him after a busy summer for Argentina at the Olympics.
Maniche came off shortly after too with Argentine Ever Banega, on loan from Valencia, making his league debut.
Espanyol leapfrogged Atletico with a 1-1 draw at home against Getafe meaning no team has managed to secure a maximum nine points from the first three games.
A penalty from Manu del Moral on 47 minutes put Getafe in front - it was the first goal Espanyol had conceded in the new campaign - but the hosts replied ten minutes later through Sergio Sanchez.