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Barcelona extends lead

MADRID: Thierry Henry scored the winner as Barcelona came from behind to beat Villarreal 2-1 away and go 10 points clear at the top of the Primera Liga on Sunday. Pep Guardiola’s side has 41 points from 16 games.

The results:

Primera Liga: Villarreal 1 (Cani 48) lost to Barcelona 2 (Keita 55, Henry 66), Osasuna 5 (Plasil 7, Juanfran 34, Pandiani 42, Nekounam 45+1, Hector Font 81) bt Getafe 2 (Soldado 66, 90+1), Racing Santander 1 (Valera 67) drew with Malaga 1 (Baha 38), Real Mallorca 0 drew with Sevilla 0, Numancia 4 (Barkero 13, Del Pino 85, Aranda 88, Brit 90+1) bt Valladolid 3 (Goitom 34, 76, Vivar Dorado 53), Sporting Gijon 1 (Maldonado 28) bt Almeria 0, Deportivo La Coruna 4 (Lopo 9, Sergio Gonzalez 20-pen, Bodipo 44, Filipe 90) bt Recreativo Huelva 1 (Colunga 23-pen), Real Betis 0 lost to Athletic Bilbao 1 (Javi Martinez 43).

Serie A: AC Milan 5 (Pato 4, 18, Kaka 13, 52 Seedorf 43) bt Udinese 1 (Di Natale 17), Atalanta 1 (Vieri 48) lost to Juventus 3 (Del Piero 30, Legrottaglie 38, Amauri 81), Cagliari 1 (Acquafresca 1) drew with Reggina 1 (Brienza 16-pen), Catania 3 (Baiocco 34, Morimoto 40, 56) bt AS Roma 2 (Vucinic 74, Menez 78), Chievo 0 lost to Genoa 1 (Olivera 89), Lecce 0 drew with Bologna 0, Sampdoria 0 lost to Fiorentina 1 (Montolivo 19), Torino 1 (Bianchi 53) bt Napoli 0. — Agencies

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