: Real Madrid extended its La Liga lead to four points and still has a game in hand over its title rivals as Cristiano Ronaldo was on target in a 3-0 win over Real Sociedad at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Earlier on Sunday, Barcelona was left to rue La Liga’s lack of goal line technology as it wasn’t awarded a clear goal in a controversial 1-1 draw at Real Betis.
The results :
La Liga : Real Madrid 3 (Kovacic 38, Ronaldo 51, Morata 83) bt Real Sociedad 0; Athletic Bilbao 2 (Muniain 50, Aduriz 71-pen) bt Sporting Gijon 1 (Cop 27-pen); Espanyol 3 (Reyes 3-pen, Navarro 45+2, Moreno 71) bt Sevilla 1 (Jovetic 19).
Serie A : Napoli 1 (Mertens 66) drew with Palermo 1 (Nestorovski 6); Torino 1 (Falqus 16) drew with Atalanta 1 (Petagna 66); Sampdoria 3 (Praet 20, Schick 71, Muriel 73) bt Roma 2 (Peres 5, Dzeko 66); Fiorentina 3 (Ilicic 17, Chiesa 50, Kalinic 62) drew with Genoa 3 (Simeone 57, 86-pen, Hiljemark 59); Crotone 4 (Stoian 24, Falcinelli 56, 90+1-pen, 90+2) bt Empoli 1 (Mchedlidze 39); Cagliari 1 (Borriello 90+2) drew with Bologna 1 (Destro 64); Sassuolo 0 lost to Juventus 2 (Higuain 9, Khedira 25); Udinese 2 (Thereau 31, De Paul 73) bt AC Milan 1 (Bonaventura 8).
Bundesliga : Mainz 1 (Latza 83) drew with Borussia Dortmund 1 (Reus 3); Freiburg 2 (Haberer 39, Petersen 87) bt Hertha Berlin 1 (Schieber 88).
FA Cup: Fourth round : Sutton 1 (Collins 53-pen) bt Leeds 0; Millwall 1 (Morison 85) bt Watford 0; Fulham 4 (Aluko 17, Martin 54, Sessegnon 66, Johansen 78) bt Hull 1 (Goebel 49); Manchester United 4 (Fellaini 44, Smalling 57, Mkhitaryan 74, Schweinsteiger 81) bt Wigan 0 . — AFP