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Villarreal roared back from a two-goal deficit to rout Rayo Vallecano 4-2 while, Almeria hung on for a wild 2-1 win at Real Sociedad.
AS Roma and Juventus are the only clubs in Serie A to win their opening three matches.
Ludogorets became only the second Bulgarian team competing in the group stage of Europe's premier club tournament after Levski.
Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar stunned Chelsea by rescuing a 1-1 draw for a patched-up Schalke side at the start of their Champions League Group G campaign.
While the former India captain hoped that the franchisee football league would be successful like that of the hugely popular Indian Premier League.
"We need to play cleverly but not negatively. Three points is what we are aiming for," says coach Tarun Roy.
"We can't wait to get going. We worked really hard last season to get into the top four and now we get rewarded for that by being in the Champions League," Gerrard said.
Casillas accepted some of the blame for the European champions' latest La Liga failure after they were beaten 2-1 by Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
Liverpool received a reminder of how tough life will be without last season's two leading goalscorers in a 1-0 loss to Aston Villa in the Premier League.
Pellegrini lost his cool and slammed the referee for allowing two "illegal goals" and missing what he called a clear penalty in the 2-2 draw with Arsenal on Saturday.
Ronaldo has not played since he scored in a 2-0 La Liga win against Cordoba on August 25 and missed Real's 4-2 defeat at Real Sociedad in their last outing.
Jones was hurt during England's 2-0 win over Switzerland in a European Championship qualifier in Basel.
Paulo Bento paid for Portugal's disappointing World Cup and calamitous start to the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign when his contract was terminated by the FPF.
Courtois has replaced Petr Cech as Chelsea's first-choice goalkeeper this season after spending the previous three years on loan at Atletico Madrid.
Indian-origin English footballer Chopra will turn up for the Sachin Tendulkar co-owned Kerala Blasters in the inaugural Indian Super League.
Kerala Blasters have kicked off their session at the Municipal grounds in the lead-up to the Indian Super League starting next month.