AC Milan moved to the highest of the Serie A after Rafael Leao eighth-minute strike helped them to a 1-0 win over Sampdoria on Sunday.
The Portugal ahead collected an extended clearance from the Milan goalkeeper, skipped previous his marker, and located the underside nook from a slender angle to attain his tenth purpose of the season.
The win noticed Milan leapfrog Napoli on the prime of the desk after the latter managed a 1-1 draw in opposition to Inter on Saturday. Inter are one level behind with a recreation in hand with Napoli two factors again in third place.
In different video games within the Serie A, Juventus had Danilo to thank as his stoppage-time equalizer earned Juventus a 1-1 draw with Atalanta with Bryan Cristante rescuing some extent for Roma in stoppage time of their 2-2 draw at 10-man Sassuolo.
In Germany, Marco Reus scored twice as Borussia Dortmund hammered Union Berlin 3-0 to chop the hole between them and leaders Bayern Munich to 6 factors. with Hoffenheim taking themselves as much as fifth with a 2-0 win in opposition to Bielefeld.
In France, Arkadiusz Milik scored with a spectacular overhead kick as Marseille consolidated their second place with a 2-1 win at struggling Metz; Lorient had earlier boosted their hopes of beating the drop with a 0-0 draw at Monaco.
In Spain, Barcelona wanted a 96th-minute header from substitute Luuk De Jong to rescue a 2-2 draw for Barcelona at their metropolis rivals Espanyol.
Each groups completed the sport with ten males as Gerard Piqué and Nico Melamed had been despatched off after a coming collectively off the ball earlier than De Jong’s late equalizer.
Barca moved again to La Liga’s fourth and last Champions League spot, degree on 39 factors with Atlético Madrid. Barça would take the lead inside the primary two minutes when Pedri turned in a Jordi Alba’s cross however they had been pegged again on the stroke of half-time as Sergi Darder curled an effort in from the sting of the field after good work from Raúl de Tomás.
Darder then returned the favor as he despatched De Tomás away with a ball excessive that had seemed to have received the sport earlier than De Jong struck in additional time.
Within the different recreation, Nabil Fekir struck twice to assist third-placed Actual Betis sustain their superb kind with a 4-2 win at rock-bottom Levante, who had Roberto Soldado despatched off late on.
