Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas rates Atletico as title contenders.

Atletico currently sit top of the La Liga table.

Casillas said: "For me they are. They are playing good football and I'm glad. They deserve to be fighting for big goals.

"They will make the league more exciting and competitive."

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