Winger Ezequiel Lavezzi grabbed a hat trick and striker Edinson Cavani scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain bounced back from its lackluster ...
Winger Ezequiel Lavezzi grabbed a hat trick and striker Edinson Cavani scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain bounced back from its lackluster performance against Barcelona by thrashing Lille 6-1 whhich had Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama in goal to move three points ahead of Lyon at the top of the French league on Saturday.
PSG also boosted its goal difference to close that gap on Lyon, which has a marginally better goal difference and can move back to the top if it wins away at Reims on Sunday.
PSG will be looking to plunder more goals on Tuesday when it plays its game in hand at home to 19th-place Metz.
Borussia Dortmund winger Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored an audacious penalty and set up another goal in a 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday to keep their Europa League hopes alive.
The Gabon international took over the penalty duties with Marco Reus on the bench and chipped his 24th minute spot kick down the middle of the goal with keeper Kevin Trapp diving early.
He than charged down the wing and cut back for Shinji Kagawa to tap in as Dortmund, last season's runners-up, moved up to eighth on 39 points, three behind Augsburg in sixth with four games left in the season.
Second-half goals by Giampiero Pinzi and Emmanuel Badu gave Udinese a 2-1 win over Milan in Serie A on Saturday, further diminishing their slim hopes of playing in European competition next season.
Milan are ninth in the table with 43 points and six games to go, six points adrift of sixth-placed Fiorentina.
Udinese dominated from the start with Antonio Di Natale testing goalkeeper Diego Lopez's reflexes after 42 seconds.Antoine Griezmann took his Liga tally for the season to 21 with a double as Atletico Madrid bounced back from Champions League disappointment to beat Elche 3-0.
Diego Simeone’s side suffered defeat to rivals Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, and looked somewhat lethargic early on in the first half - as Atletico struggled to contain Elche on the counter attack.
The Argentine coach watched from the stands after being sent from the touchline in Atletico’s last Liga game against Deportivo La Coruna.
