Ronaldo missed a penalty and Walter Samuel and Michel Salgado were both sent off as Real Madrid lost 1-0 at Espanyol on a night of self-inflicted misery on Saturday.Three days after a humiliating 3-0 defeat by Bayer Leverkusen, Real went behind to a 42nd minute goal from Maxi Rodriguez but missed a chance to equalise early in the second half when Ronaldo’s spot kick was turned away. Samuel, the Argentine centre-back signed for 25 million euros ($30.45 million) from Roma, received a second yellow card in the 74th minute and Salgado followed him off in injury-time after landing an elbow on Ivan de la Pena.Victory for Espanyol gave the Barcelona-based club seven points from three games and a three-way share of the provisional lead, with seven matches to be played on Sunday. Valencia joined them at the top with a 3-1 win at home to Real Sociedad. Marco Di Vaio scored the opening two goals for the champions and Mista added a third before Mikel Arteta pulled one back from the penalty spot.Osasuna also have seven points after edging past Real Betis 3-2.Real, who had eked out 1-0 wins in each of their first two league games, slipped to sixth on six points.Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, the only two sides still with maximum points, square up in Madrid on Sunday.With Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo missing through injury, and Raul and David Beckham dropped from the starting line-up, the nine-times European were desperately short of ideas against a confident Espanyol side. Michael Owen never so much as hinted at marking his first start with a goal and the England international striker made way for Fernando Morientes just past the hour mark.
