La LigaBarca continued their fine form under Pep Guardiola and find themselves 12 points clear at the top of La Liga over arch-rivals Real Madrid, who were 3-1 winners over bottom club Osasuna, somewhat marred by the sending off of Juanfran who was giving two yellow cards for diving, despite the second being a clear penalty. Sevilla are level on points with Madrid, but sit in third on goal difference, Valencia lost ground after losing 3-2 Athletic Bilbao whilst Villareal kept their champions league hopes alive with a win over Mallorca.
Almería 1-1 Atlético
Athletic 3-2 Valencia
Barcelona 5-0 Deportivo
Getafe 0-1 Racing
Málaga 4-0 Espanyol
Real Madrid 3-1 Osasuna
Recreativo 2-0 Sporting Gijón
Sevilla 1-0 Numancia
Valladolid 1-3 Betis
Villarreal 2-0 Mallorca
Serie AInter Milan opened up the title race with a loss to Atalanta, AC Milan gained ground with a win over Fiorentina, whilst Juve couldn't capitalise on Inter's loss, drawing with Lazio in Rome.
AC Milan 1 - 0 Fiorentina
Atalanta 3 - 1 Inter Milan
Cagliari 2 - 0 Udinese
Catania 1 - 2 Bologna
Chievo 2 - 1 Napoli
Lazio 1 - 1 Juventus
Lecce 0 - 2 Genoa
Sampdoria 0 - 2 Palermo
Siena 1 - 0 Reggina
Torino 0 - 1 Roma
EredivisieAjax and AZ continued their winning ways and look dead cert to battle it out for the title as PSV again lost ground only managing to draw with Roda JC and sit in fifth and Feyenoord's poor form continued, losing to Heerenveen on friday night
ADO Den Haag 2 - 2 Heracles
De Graafschap 1 - 0 Willem II
FC Twente 2 - 1 Vitesse
FC Volendam 0 - 2 AZ
Heerenveen 3 - 1 Feyenoord
NAC 1 - 1 FC Utrecht
NEC 2 - 4 Ajax
Roda JC 1 - 1 PSV
Sparta 1 - 1 FC Groningen
Ligue 1Bordeaux and Marseille won to keep in touch of Lyon
Caen 2 - 2 Monaco
Grenoble 0 - 2 Lyon
Lille 1 - 0 Rennes
Lorient 1 - 1 Valenciennes
Marseille 2 - 0 Le Havre
Nantes 1 - 2 Bordeaux
Nice 2 - 0 Auxerre
PSG 2 - 1 Sochaux
St Etienne 1 - 1 Le Mans
Toulouse 3 - 0 AS Nancy
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