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The top three all have 45 points from 19 matches and are only separated by goal difference with newcomers Ludogorets, based in Razgrad, a town of less than 35,000 people,

Villarreal’s Marcos Senna curled a free-kick around the wall and just wide of a full stretch Iker Casillas in the 82nd minute at the Madrigal and Real lost their heads.

Still unbeaten this season, second-placed Juventus stayed four points behindAC Milanafter the leaders won 2-0 atParmawith a Zlatan Ibrahimovic penalty and a brilliant solo goal by Urby Emanuelson. Milan, who

Sejad Salihovic replied with a penalty for the hosts, still smarting from last week’s 7-1 humiliation at Bayern Munich, but it was not enough as they continued a disappointing start

While the failure of the Premier League title rivals to progress means the end of English representation, Spain has three sides in Friday’s draw for the quarter and semi-finals with

Serbian Branislav Ivanovic smashed home the winning goal in the 105th minute of an enthralling clash to keep the English flag flying in the competition after both Manchester clubs and

As well as putting Real a step closer to a first title since 2008, the victory in an entertaining clash in Seville set a club record of 10 straight league

Marek Hamsik gave hosts Napoli an early lead 10 minutes into the game before Paolo Cannavaro and a Davide Astori own goal made it 3-0 as they galloped towards a

Unitedlost 3-2 at home to a fearless and skilfulAthletic Bilbao, their second successive European defeat at Old Trafford, in the first leg of their round-of-16 tie. Central defender Xandao scored

Benfica overturned a 3-2 deficit from the first leg in Russia to progress 4-3 on aggregate after dominating possession and restricting Zenit to sporadic counter-attacks. Benfica kept pouring forward and