Real won the Madrid derby, Neil Lennon enjoyed a winning start at Celtic while Inter lost.
Real see of city rivals; Inter lose to Roma; Marseille lift trophy
Real won the Madrid derby, Neil Lennon enjoyed a winning start at Celtic while Inter Milan were defeated by title rivals Roma.
Elsewhere, Marseille lifted the French League Cup, Bayern Munich lost in Germany while Steve McClaren's FC Twente continue to lead the way in Holland.
Primera Division
Real won the Madrid derby as they vanquished Atletico 3-2 but Barcelona remain level on points with the leaders after Arsenal's UEFA Champions League opponents downed Mallorca thanks to a goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Valencia suffered a
shock 3-0 loss to struggling Real Zaragoza with Nikola Zigic dismissed, Villarreal brushed aside high-flying Sevilla 3-0 while Xerez are now seven points adrift of safety after beating Valladolid.
SPL
Neil Lennon got off to a winning start as caretaker manager of Celtic as the Hoops beat Kilmarnock with Robbie Keane bagging a brace. But Rangers were also 4-1 victors at Hearts to ensure their 10-point lead at the summit remains intact.
Elsewhere, Dundee United rose to see off Motherwell 3-0 despite being
reduced to 10 men on 16 minutes, while Hibernian climbed to fourth in the table courtesy of a 3-1 success at Falkirk.
Serie A
Inter Milan's poor form continued as they lost 2-1 to title rivals Roma, meaning their advantage at the top is now just one point. But AC Milan, who sit third, will again be kicking themselves after they could only draw 1-1 with Lazio.
Palermo climbed to fourth in the standings with their 3-1 victory over Bologna,
Juventus returned to winning ways against Atalanta while Fiorentina were impressive 4-1 victors versus Udinese.
France
On Saturday, Marseille ended a
17-year wait for silverware as they beat Bordeaux in the Coupe de la Ligue final at the Stade de France. Didier Deschamps' men triumphed over les Girondins 3-1 with Souleymane Diawara's opening goal setting Marseille on their way.
In Ligue 1, Lyon secured their first win in four attempts as they beat Grenoble 2-0,
Lille leapt up to fourth with a 4-1 scalp of high-flying Montpellier while AS Nancy spanked Lens 5-1.
Bundesliga
Schalke lead the way in Germany after they
leapfrogged Bayern Munich. A brace from Kevin Kuranyi handed Schalke a 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen while Bayern, who play Manchester United on Tuesday, lost 2-1 at home to Stuttgart.
Werder Bremen played out a six-goal thriller with Nurnberg which the former won to make it three successes on the spin, Wolfsburg, who play Fulham on Thursday, left it late to beat Mainz while
Hamburg suffered defeat.
Eredivisie
Bryan Ruiz continued his excellent goalscoring season as his hat-trick fired FC Twente to a 3-0 win over Sparta. Second-placed Ajax, meanwhile, made it
nine straight victories as they beat FC Groningen 3-0.
PSV Eindhoven got back to winning ways after recording a 4-2 success at VVV, Feyenoord were held to a goalless draw at NEC while Vitesse claimed a
first win in nine attempts.
Best of the rest
TNS claimed a 1-0 win over Llanelli in the Welsh Premier League to extend their lead at the top to seven points, Benfica opened up a six-point gap at the summit in Portugal after they beat Braga, Turkish leaders Bursaspor lost at Istanbul, Malmo FF lead the way in Sweden after three games of the new season while Danish pace-setters FC Copenhagen drew at Aarhus GF.
