Napoli thrash Palermo to advance to Coppa Italia last 16
A summary of Saturday's action in LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.
Leaders Manchester City were held to a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace
La Liga leaders Real Madrid cruised to a 4-0 home win over relegation-threatened Celta Vigo on Sunday to restore their seven-point lead at the top of the table with a dominant display.
Liverpool dominated the opening half but it was Zaha who broke the deadlock
Substitute Alexandre Lacazette struck with the last kick of the game to give Arsenal a rollercoaster 2-2 home draw with Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Monday after the visitors had fought back from a goal down.
Wolves midfielder Leander Dendoncker then hit the post with a powerful shot before Portuguese winger Podence made it 2-0, meeting Pedro Neto's cross from the right with a superb cushioned volley in the 27th minute.
Images from Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Arsenal turned around its recent poor form to beat Leicester 3-1 on Sunday
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
A third successive league victory put Leicester City back above Chelsea into third place on goal difference with 23 points from 11 games.
Joint-leaders Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool both dropped points on a busy day of English Premier League action as Leicester City and Southampton narrowed the gap in what is shaping up to be one of the most open title races for years.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday
The match lived up to its billing right from the start
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Cristiano Ronaldo ended a barren scoring run in La Liga by striking late to give Real Madrid a 2-1 win at neighbours Getafe on Saturday, preventing what would have been a costly and embarrassing draw for the Spanish and European champions.
Leicester will remain second overnight with Everton, level on points with them, not playing later on Monday after their home match against Manchester City was postponed following more positive COVID-19 cases at City.
Manchester City needed a second-half penalty from striker Erling Haaland to break the resistance of a dogged Crystal Palace.
Images from Saturday's matches in the Premier League.
Chelsea kept alive their remote Premier League title chances with a 2-0 win over London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, set on their way by an exquisite strike from Hakim Ziyech which was quickly followed up by a Thiago Silva header.
Images from action in the Spanish Super Cup and English Premier League
Real Madrid moved to within a point of La Liga leaders Barcelona after Karim Benzema, Isco, Gareth Bale, James Rodriguez and Cristiano Ronaldo all scored in a 5-1 thrashing at struggling Getafe on Saturday.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Sunday.
Second-half headers from Diego Godin and Raul Garcia gave holders Atletico Madrid a 2-0 win over Valencia and a place in the King's Cup quarter-finals by 3-1 on aggregate.
It was a third successive 0-0 draw for United after a stalemate at Chelsea on Sunday and against Real Sociedad last Thursday which completed a 4-0 aggregate win over the Spanish side in the Europa League.
IMAGES from Saturday's English Premier League matches.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Images from the EPL matches played on Saturday
A summary of Saturday's matches in the Premier League.
Lacazette fired the Gunners ahead in the eighth minute after poor defending by the home side before new signing Gabriel made it 2-0 in the 49th and Aubameyang put the icing on the cake with a superb shot into the top corner.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Real Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona striker Luis Suarez took centre stage on Saturday in bailing their teams out with late strikes to silence their critics following slow starts to the season.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
The victory takes Pep Guardiola's side into provisional second spot
Images from EPL matches played on Saturday.
Soccer highlights from across the globe.
Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling struck twice as the Premier League champions beat Crystal Palace 3-1 at Selhurst Park on Sunday to go top of the table and heap pressure on title rivals Liverpool.
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