Barca, Inter and AZ continue to appear certainties to win their respective domestic titles.
Barca and Inter remain on course, but the Bundesliga looks tense
Barcelona, Inter Milan and AZ Alkmaar continue to appear certainties to win their respective domestic titles, but the battles for league silverware in Scotland, Germany and France look set to go to the wire.
Pep Guardiola's Barcelona won to boost hopes of a first Primera Liga trophy since 2006, while Inter continue to enjoy a healthy advantage despite dropping points.
AZ are cruising in the Eredivisie, but Steve McClaren continues to earn the plaudits in Holland as his FC Twente are refusing to throw in the towel.
Old Firm rivals Rangers and Celtic are playing out a heavyweight tussle at the summit of the SPL, and the race for silverware in Germany and France is also set up for a thrilling climax.
SPL
Rangers have moved to within one point of Celtic at the top of the table after
defeating Motherwell 3-1, while their Old Firm rivals were held at third-placed Hearts.
Primera Liga
Barcelona look set to wrestle the title away from Real Madrid following a
2-0 victory over struggling Recreativo Huelva at Camp Nou on Saturday as the Catalan giants remain on course for a UEFA Champions League, Copa del Rey and La Liga treble.
Real continue to chase Guardiola's side as they ensured the gap at the top remains at six points following Sunday's home success over Real Valladolid.
Valencia remain in the UEFA Champions League hunt after they came out on top in a five-goal thriller with Sporting Gijon, but Sevilla suffered a surprise defeat to Getafe.
Serie A
Inter's pursuit of a fourth successive title lost a little pace on Saturday as Jose Mourinho's team
drew 2-2 with Palermo, but the Giuseppe Meazza outfit sit 10 points clear of Juventus, who lost at Genoa.
Elsewhere, Lazio enjoy the local bragging rights after defeating Roma 4-2 in a match which also saw three red cards.
Reggina look in increasing relegation trouble as the Italian top flight's bottom side lost 2-0 to Udinese after having two men sent off.
Bundesliga
Bayern Munich responded in style to their European humbling at the hands of Barcelona with a 4-0 victory over Frankfurt.
But it is Wolfsburg who continue to set the pace as they pinched a goal in the final six minutes to record a 2-1 win at Borussia Monchengladbach to hold a three-point lead.
On Sunday, Stuttgart boosted their title hopes as an
injury-time Mario Gomez goal defeated fellow high fliers Hamburg.
Ligue 1
The battle for silverware in France looks set to go to the end after a topsy-turvy Easter weekend.
Bordeaux moved above defending, seven-time, champions Lyon on goal difference on Saturday with a
2-0 win at Auxerre.
However,
Marseille moved to the top on Easter day as they thumped relegation-threatened Grenoble 4-1, while Lyon had to settle for second spot after drawing 2-2 at home to Monaco.
Eredivisie
AZ Alkmaar look certainties for the title after a 1-0 win at NAC Breda on Good Friday, but McClaren's
FC Twente continued their pursuit of top spot with a 4-2 victory over Roda JC on Saturday.
Twente have now not lost since November and former England boss McClaren is earning high praise in Holland, however, AZ remain 11 points clear.
Feyenoord's Roy Makaay and Ajax's Luis Suarez were the stars of Sunday as both players scored
hat-tricks to down Heracles and Willem II, respectively, in comprehensive wins.
Best of the rest
Manchester United's UEFA Champions League quarter-final opponents, Porto, maintained their place at the top of the Portuguese Liga Sagres with a 3-0 success over Amadora, while third-placed Benfica lost to Academica Coimbra.
Sunday's Istanbul derby finished 0-0 between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce in Turkey, but the match was marred by a mass brawl in the final minutes which saw four players, two from each team, sent off.
