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Barcelona removed Real Sociedad from top spot in La Liga after coming back to clinch a 2-1 victory at the Camp Nou.
The victory saw Barcelona climb to fifth place, while Atlético de Madrid is now leading the league on goal difference with Real Sociedad.
Willian José gave the visitors a perfect start, converting Portu’s pass in the 27th minute, but Barcelona responded, and Jordi Alba leveled with an excellent curved shot four minutes later.
Frenkie de Jong gave the hosts the lead just before half-time after a deflected cross from Alba. The goal was initially chalked for offside, but a VAR review saw the goal finally scored.
Antoine Griezmann crashed into the crossbar as Barça tried to save the game from a tight angle and missed an excellent opportunity, deflecting the ball towards the goalkeeper with the goal at their mercy.
Real Sociedad came close to drawing at the end, but found Marc-Andre ter Stegen in good shape, making a double stop to deny Jose and Alexander Isak.
Atlético de Madrid, Real Sociedad, who had tied their last six games, and Real Madrid are tied with 26 points at the top of La Liga, with Barcelona jumping from eighth to fifth, now just six points behind.
Bundesliga: Lewandowski keeps Bayern in touch on top
Bayern Munich came back to beat Wolfsburg
Robert Lewandowski Double Saw Bayern Munich come from behind to beat Wolfsburg and stay one point behind the leader Bayer Leverkusen.
The Polish striker annulled Max Philipp’s first goal in the fifth minute in injury time of the first half, before a slip by Maxence Lacroix left the striker running and scoring and sealing the victory five minutes after the break.
Bayer LeverkusenPermanence at the top was never in doubt with a 4-0 win in Suburb.
Mitchell Weiser and Moussa Diaby put the visitors two ahead in 10 minutes, before Patrik Schick and Florian Wirtz scored after the break to keep Leverkusen one point ahead of their closest rivals.
RB Leipzig remained level on points with Bayern Third thanks to Yussuf Poulsen’s goal at the hour mark to win a tight match in Hoffenheim.
Marcel Sabitzer made the Danish international the winner, keeping Hoffenheim just five points from the relegation tiebreaker spot, with a win in their last five matches.
Elsewhere, Augsburg moved up to ninth with a 1-0 win in Arminia Bielefeld, While Freiburg they felt comfortable 2-0 winners on the basement side Schalke.
Serie A: AC Milan remain undefeated
Pierre Kalulu rescued a point for AC Milan
Pierre Kalulu helped AC Milan maintain their unbeaten record in the league, as their last draw achieved a 2-2 draw in Genoa.
Milan seemed headed for a first league loss since March after a Mattia Destro double gave Genoa a 2-1 lead.
However, Kalulu, who was making his first start for the club, scored the equalizer with seven minutes remaining.
The point saw Milan remain first, but their advantage over Inter de Milan was cut from three points to one after Antonio Conte’s team beat 10 men Naples 1-0.
Romelu Lukaku converted a penalty for Inter after Napoli goalkeeper David Ospina fouled Matteo Darmian.
Napoli also had to play the remaining 19 minutes with 10 men after Lorenzo Insigne was sent off for dissent, but continued to dominate and Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic had to come to his team’s rescue on several occasions.
Juventus third, four points behind Milan after drawing 1-1 against Atalanta.
Álvaro Morata had a golden opportunity to give Juventus an early lead in Turin, but his decision to try to get the ball back into an empty net failed as his effort went wide.
Federico Chiesa gave Juventus the lead in the 29th minute when he huddled in the upper right corner.
Atalanta had chances to level and finally did so in the 57th minute through Remo Freuler.
Cristiano Ronaldo could have restored Juve’s lead four minutes later, but his weak penalty went straight to Pierluigi Gollini after Hans Hateboer fouled Chiesa.
Elsewhere, Sassuolo tied on points with fourth place Napoli after drawing 1-1 in Fiorentina.
Bologna came back from two goals against to draw 2-2 in spice, Sampdoria won 2-1 to 10 men Hellas verona and Parma tied 0-0 against Cagliari.
Ligue 1: Lille beat Dijon to stay on top
Lille remained at the top of Ligue 1 ahead of a crucial showdown with PSG at the weekend
American forward Timothy Weah scored a late goal when Little won 2-0 in Dijon to stay on top of Ligue 1 ahead of a crucial weekend showdown with defending champion Paris Saint-Germain.
Lille’s first goal came in the 18th minute as right-back Zeki Celik set up Yusuf Yazici. Weah, the son of Liberia’s president and 1995 Ballon d’Or winner George Weah, scored his first league goal for the club, coming off the bench to score with a smart ending in injury time.
Lille’s victory kept them one point ahead of PSG, who worked for a 2-0 home win against Lorient after the visitors sent off a player for awarding a penalty at the start of the second half.
Kylian Mbappé’s penalty in the 50th minute gave the hosts the lead after a poor first half at the Parc des Princes. Mbappé conceded from the penalty spot after being fouled by defender Andreaw Gravillon, who received a red card. Italian striker Moise Kean sealed the victory 2-0 10 minutes later.
Lille are two points ahead of third place Lyon, who are now 12 games unbeaten, but conceded an injury time tie in a 2-2 home draw for Brest.
Fourth classified Marseilles, which has two games in hand with the top three teams, lost a chance to even the points with Lyon after losing 2-1 in Rennes.
With the victory, Rennes moved up to sixth place, while seventh-ranked Lens beat Monaco 3-0, with former Chelsea star Gael Kakuta among the scorers.
In the other games on Wednesday, Reims hit Nantes 3-2, nice won 2-0 in Nimes, Metz hit Montpellier 2-0, Angers lost 2-0 at home to Strasbourg and Saint Etienne won 2-1 in Bordeaux.
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