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La Liga: Guillem Balague blogs on Alexis Sanchez and Karim Benzema

Image: Benzema: encouraged by Zidane, says Guillem

Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid occupy the top three spots in La Liga - and you have been sending in plenty of questions about the teams to our Spanish football expert Guillem Balague.

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Guillem. With in-form David Villa and Diego Costa in their ranks, can Atletico force their way between Real and Barca this season? Or even maintain a title challenge? Or could a couple of injuries end their run of results? Cheers, Mike (Chelsea fan) GUILLEM SAYS: I don't think a couple of injuries will end the run of results because one of the things that Diego Simeone has done well is rotate the side and make everyone feel important. He has added Adrian, who had a really good game against Athletic Bilbao, but there are others who can be counted on such as Cristian Rodriguez and Raul Garcia, and the team is strong on many levels. It is very pleasing to see Villa with three goals in four games, Tiago and Gabi impressing and Koke - who has as many assists as Neymar (7) and should go to the World Cup with Spain, possibly even as a regular - doing well. The side is a succession of success stories but I think they will hit a wall because they have hit their maximum level already and probably can't sustain that.

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