Real pick up first win, Villarreal ready for Man Utd

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MADRID, Sept 15 (AFP): Real Madrid got their title defence up and running Sunday, grinding out a 4-3 home victory over newcomers Numancia who shocked the reigning champions by taking the lead twice.
It was a first win of the campaign for Real following their 2-1 loss at Deportivo La Coruna and bolstered confidence for Wednesday's Champions League opener against Belarus minnows BATE Borisov.
Stand-in captain Guti had the honour of scoring Real's 5,000th league goal to equalise before Gonzalo Higuain netted and Rafael van der Vaart scored his first goal in a Real shirt.
An own goal from Domingo Cisma proved decisive as Real registered their first three points of the campaign - something their rivals Barcelona have yet to achieve.
"The games after the international break are the most difficult," said Real coach Bernd Schuster.
"They (Numancia) were always going to cause trouble for us as they had two weeks to prepare for this match and had beaten Barcelona."
Schuster also called for caution ahead of the BATE Champions League game.
"In theory they are the easiest opponent but we have to tread carefully," added the German manager. Earlier Villarreal, runners-up last season, warmed up for Wednesday's Champions League trip to Old Trafford to face reigning champions Manchester United with a 1-0 home victory over Deportivo La Coruna.
It was a first win of the season for Villarreal, Champions League semi-finalists in 2006, who will hope to pile more misery on Man Utd after their 2-1 league loss at Liverpool.
Spanish international Santiago Cazorla, a target for Real during the transfer window, scored the decisive goal on 27 minutes with a fierce left-footed shot to fire his team up to sixth.
"I am satisified with the win," said Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini.
"We had lots of chances and the victory was fair but it would have been by a bigger margin had it not been for the performance of (Daniel) Aranzubia (the Depor goalkeeper) and us rushing some things."
Real were less convicing in their match against Numancia, who took a sixth-minute lead with Juan Moreno arriving at the back post completely unmarked to head home.
Guti equalised on 18 minutes with the help of a huge deflection but Jose Barkero put Numancia back in front with a terrific 21st-minute long range effort.