EUROPE TOP LEAGUES REVIEW.

Bayern Munich smashed Werder Bremen 7-0 to stretch their unbeaten league run to 40 games in the Bundesliga and Serie A
leaders Juventus claimed their seventh win and clean sheet in a row.

It was a weekend of surprises in England, however, as champions Manchester United lost their second home match in succession, Chelsea were beaten by Stoke
City, leaders Arsenal were held by
Everton and Manchester City drew with Southampton.

GERMANY
Dominant Bayern Munich went to Werder Bremen and pulverised them 7-0 with Franck Ribery scoring twice and setting up
another two as the unstoppable Bavarians stretched their unbeaten league run to 40 games.
Mario Mandzukic, Mario Goetze, Thomas Mueller and Daniel van Buyten were also on target for Bayern who took the lead with an Assani Lukimya own goal. Bayern have 41 points from 15 games,
four clear of Bayer Leverkusen who
snatched a 1-0 win against third-placed Borussia Dortmund courtesy of a Son Heung-min goal. Dortmund have 31 points, level with Borussia Moenchengladbach.

ENGLAND
Liverpool were the chief beneficiaries of another unpredictable weekend in the
Premier League as their 4-1 victory over West Ham United lifted them to second, five points behind Arsenal. Luis Suarez was again on target for Liverpool in a game that contained three own goals.
Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw by
Everton on Sunday, Gerard Deulofeu levelling after Mesut Ozil had put the Gunners ahead.
Jose Mourinho's Chelsea lost 3-2 at Stoke City and are also five points behind Arsenal and fifth-placed Manchester City were held 1-1 at Southampton. The woes of champions Manchester United continued as they lost 1-0 at
home to Newcastle United, a fifth league defeat of the season putting them ninth in the table and 13 points adrift of Arsenal. Tottenham Hotspur are sixth after a 2-1 win at bottom club Sunderland which left the north-east club five points adrift of safety.

ITALY
Second-placed AS Roma ended a run of four successive draws when Maicon and Mattia Destro scored to give them a 2-1 win over Fiorentina. The win kept Roma three points behind leaders Juventus who beat Bologna 2-0
away on Friday, their seventh win and clean sheet in a row. The title holders have 40 points from 15 games. Third-placed Napoli, who are five points behind Roma on 32, lost ground when they were held 3-3 at home by Udinese and fourth-placed Fiorentina also shared
six goals as they drew at home to Parma.

FRANCE
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was on top form again as he scored two and set up two in leaders Paris St Germain's 5-0 demolition of Sochaux in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
Ibrahimovic has 13 league goals, two more than teammate Edinson Cavani, who also scored on Saturday to put PSG, who suffered their first defeat of the season earlier this week at Evian Thonon
Gaillard, on 40 points from 17 games. Monaco are second on 38 points after Emmanuel Riviere's second-half goal earned them a 1-0 win against 10-man AC Ajaccio on Sunday. Lille slipped to third on 36 points after vincent enyeama's run of 11 clean sheets in Ligue 1 was ended in a 1-0 defeat at
Girondins Bordeaux, also on Sunday.

SPAIN
Real Madrid were held to an embarrassing 0-0 draw at third-tier Olimpic de Xativa in the King's Cup last 32, first leg on Saturday as they came down to earth with a bump after a series of big wins.
Holders Atletico Madrid eased to a 4-0 win at third-tier Sant Andreu thanks to an Arda Turan double and a goal apiece from David Villa and Raul Garcia. Athletic Bilbao were beaten 1-0 at La Liga rivals Celta Vigo, Getafe were held to a
1-1 draw at second-division Girona and Levante lost 1-0 at Recreativo Huelva, who also play in the second tier. Barcelona, the record winners with 26kings cup ran out 4-1 winners.