Barcelona return to LaLiga summit with 3-0 win over Levante
Barcelona returned to the top of LaLiga with a straightforward 3-0 victory over relegation-threatened Levante on Sunday as Marc Bernal, Frenkie De Jong and substitute Fermin Lopez struck at Camp Nou, Reuters reported.
Last season's champions moved to 61 points from 25 games, one ahead of Real Madrid after their rivals' defeat by Osasuna on Saturday.
Barca had slipped to second following last week's 2-1 loss to Girona but on Sunday they ensured Real's setback did not go to waste and rarely looked troubled by a Levante side second from bottom on 18 points, according to Reuters.
Parma strike blow to AC Milan's title hopes with 1-0 win
Mariano Troilo scored an 80th-minute winner as Parma stunned AC Milan with a smash-and-grab 1-0 Serie A victory at the San Siro on Sunday, all but ending their hosts' title chances and leaving leaders Inter Milan celebrating, Reuters reported.
The defeat, a first in 25 games in Serie A, leaves second-placed Milan on 54 points from 26 games, 10 points behind city rivals Inter with 12 rounds remaining. Parma are in 12th with 32 points.
Milan had the better of the chances in a game that lacked clear-cut opportunities and struck the post through Rafael Leao, according to Reuters.
Lionel Messi cleared of allegations of entering restricted area by MLS
Lionel Messi was cleared after a review by Major League Soccer determined that he did not violate any policy when he followed the match officials through a doorway following Inter Miami’s season-opening 0-3 defeat at LAFC, a league spokesperson said on Sunday, Reuters reported.
MLS reviewed the incident, which occurred on Saturday and was captured on video, and determined the area Messi entered was not the referees’ locker room, nor was it a restricted area, and therefore no policy was violated, the spokesperson told Reuters.
In the video, Inter Miami’s Luis Suarez is seen attempting to restrain Messi by the arm but the Argentine still managed to walk through the doorway in the bowels of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before re-emerging moments later, according to Reuters.
Arsenal restore five-point lead in title race, Liverpool leave it late
Arsenal made an emphatic statement in the Premier League title race as they eased their recent jitters with a 4-1 rout of Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday restoring their five-point lead, Reuters reported.
After successive draws had raised doubts, two goals each from Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres gave Arsenal their biggest league win at Tottenham since a 5-0 victory in 1978.
"We showed what we are made of, but we have to show it again and again," Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said, according to Reuters.
