Association football club in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
1Liverpool won the competition after an extraordinary final against Alavés of Spain.
2On the scoreboard, they put up the league table: Alavés were top.
3In their third game of the season, Alavés played their third different system.
4Alavés became the first team to get rid of their manager.
5After being released by Arsenal, he trained with Alavés' youth team before Villarreal called.
6Barcelona, Madrid and Alavés were joint top on Saturday night.
7Alavés went into the post-Zubeldía era with another defeat.
8From the Alavés bench, they ran on the pitch.
9The result draws Alavés level on points with Real and Barcelona, who visit Valencia on Sunday.
10While Bayern were being humiliated in Munich, the European champions were having similar difficulties against Alavés.
11The former Alavés manager Mauricio Pellegrino and De Boer impressed, with the Dutchman now the preferred choice.
12Real were given an early scare when Alavés's former Stoke and Newcastle striker Joselu headed against the crossbar.
13Pellegrino guided Alavés to ninth in La Liga as well as to the domestic cup final last season.
14Only this was actually for Alavés.
15Pellegrini wants a new striker after releasing Andy Carroll on a free transfer and selling Lucas Pérez to Alavés.
16Alavés had beaten Madrid at home for the first time in the league since 1931, back before the Second Republic.