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The Naples club, who won their only two Italian titles in 1987 and 1990 thanks to the magic of Diego Maradona, could have profited fromMilan’s 0-0 draw withLazioon Tuesday but

At the other end of the table, Joe Cole struck in stoppage-time to earnLiverpoola much-needed 2-1 victory overBolton Wanderers. United were well below their best but triumphed 2-1 at West

Earlier Mario Balotelli hit a hat-trick, including two penalties, to helpManchester CitybeatAston Villa4-0 and briefly reach the pinnacle. United looked on course to leapfrog them with a two-point cushion after

Goals from Alex Song, Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott in a nine-minute spell either side of half-time condemned Carlo Ancelotti’s team to another defeat and they have now managed just

With just one league win since October, the champions have slipped to fourth in the standings but they are only six points behind leaders Manchester United after 17 games before

France striker Benzema is profiting from the absence through injury of first-choice centre forward Gonzalo Higuain and followed up on his Champions League triple against Auxerre on December 8 with

Hoffenheimeased pastBorussia Moenchengladbach2-0 with goals to Iceland’s Gylfi Sigurdsson and striker Demba Ba. Schalke, who have won their last three league games after a bad start and qualified top of

Argentine striker Tevez, who withdrew his transfer request shortly before the match, failed to shine and Everton took control through goals by Tim Cahill and Leighton Baines in the opening

The Argentina winger kept his cool to finish from the tightest of angles in the 77th minute, soon after Carvalho had been unlucky to receive a second yellow card for

The midfielder won the respect of Espanyol supporters when he scored Spain’s winning goal against Netherlands in the final in South Africa back in July. The 26-year-old ripped off his