• Premier League: Liverpool mates Manchester United and escapes a little more

The specter of the curse is fading a little more each day. Victorious in the "England derby" against Manchester United (2-0), the Reds now have a historic mattress at the top of the championship. Thanks to Manchester City's draw at Crystal Palace (2-2), they are 16 points ahead of their rival with a late match.

In the race for the Champions League, City is paradoxically a good deal, since Leicester, third, and Chelsea, fourth, were both beaten. The Foxes dropped three points to Burnley (2-1) while the Blues broke to Newcastle (1-0). Arsenal, meanwhile, remains stuck in the soft stomach of the ranking, after a new draw, against Sheffield United (1-1).

• Liga: in pain, Real and Barça provide the essentials

No change at the head of La Liga, where Real Madrid and FC Barcelona continue to share the throne. The Merengues had all the trouble in the world to dominate Sevilla FC (2-1), while Barça snatched a success also crucial, in the last quarter of an hour, against Granada (1-0).

The two flagship clubs of Spanish football therefore take full advantage of Atletico's misstep at Eibar (2-0) and now have an eight point margin on the third contender for the title. Also note the rout of FC Valence in Mallorca (4-1). The beloved club, which could have reached a short distance from the podium in the event of a victory, fell to seventh place.

• Serie A: Inter stoppage, Juve benefits

A complicated start to the year for Inter Milan in the Scudetto race. Clinging to Lecce (1-1), the Interistes followed up a second match without a win, and Juventus did not hesitate to make the most of it. Victorious of Parma (2-1), the Old Lady now has four points ahead and achieves the first "break" of this season.

Inter, forced to look insistently in its own mirrors, since Lazio Rome is becoming more and more threatening. Simone Inzaghi's men were hard on Sampdoria (5-1) and sign an eleventh success in a row. Sufficient to replace them in the race, two small points from the dolphin.

• Bundesliga: the big names have digested the holidays well

Back to business without much surprise in the Bundelsiga, where all the contenders for Europe picked up on a breakneck pace. Six of the top seven in the standings won, Borussia M'Gladbach, third, performing the only bad operation of the weekend against Schalke 04, fifth (2-0).

No major change, therefore, in the classification of the German championship. The leading RB Leipzig remains four points ahead of Bayern Munich after their respective successes against Union Berlin (3-1) and Hertha Berlin (0-4).

No Ligue 1 meetings last weekend, since the window was devoted to the 16th finals of the Coupe de France.

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