Actual Madrid took an enormous leap in the direction of the LaLiga title after Jude Bellingham’s stoppage-time aim secured a 3-2 win in opposition to arch-rivals Barcelona.
Bellingham fired dwelling on the far put up within the first minute of added time after Vinicius Junior’s first-half penalty and Lucas Vazquez had cancelled out targets from Barca pair Andreas Christensen and Fermin Lopez in El Clasico.
Carlo Ancelotti’s facet moved 11 factors away from Barca on the prime of the desk with six video games remaining with victory on the Bernabeu, the place the guests wanted to win to protect their title aspirations.
@RealMadridEn 3-2 @FCBarcelona 6′ Christensen 18′ @ViniJr (p.) 69′ Fermín 73′ @Lucasvazquez91 90’+1′ @BellinghamJude#ElClásico | #Emirates pic.twitter.com/REe9zRMApL
— Actual Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) April 21, 2024
Atletico Madrid’s top-four hopes have been dented as they adopted up their midweek Champions League exit to Borussia Dortmund with a shock 2-0 defeat at Alaves, with Carlos Benavidez and Luis Rioja heading in the right direction for the hosts.
Actual Sociedad stay within the ultimate European qualification place after being held 1-1 at Getafe, for whom Mason Greenwood assisted Oscar Rodriguez’s first-half equaliser after Ander Barrenetxea had given the guests the lead.
Within the Bundesliga, Josip Stanisic’s stoppage-time equaliser clinched champions Bayer Leverkusen a 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund and prolonged his facet’s unbeaten run in all competitions this season to 45 matches.
Leverkusen, topped German title winners for the primary time final week, trailed to Niclas Fullkrug’s late effort at Sign Iduna Park earlier than Croatia defender Stanisic headed them stage within the seventh minute of added time.
Third-placed Stuttgart’s 11-game unbeaten league run was halted in a 2-1 defeat at mid-table Werder Bremen.
“Solely acquired ourselves in charge”
The VfB camp have been in self-critical temper following the defeat in Bremen. #VfB | #SVWVfB https://t.co/mYc9s6tXD2
— VfB Stuttgart_int (@VfB_int) April 21, 2024
In Serie A, Atalanta climbed again as much as sixth place with a 2-1 win at Monza, with Charles De Ketelaere and El Bilal Toure heading in the right direction earlier than Daniel Maldini’s late comfort for the hosts.
Paris St Germain moved 11 factors clear on the prime of Ligue 1 after a convincing 4-1 dwelling win in opposition to Lyon, wherein Goncalo Ramos fired a double with all 5 targets scored earlier than the interval.
Third-placed Brest slipped to back-to-back defeats, with their bid for a top-three end faltering after a 2-0 dwelling defeat to Monaco.
Denis Zakaria and Takumi Minamino scored both facet of half-time for Monaco, who had Eliesse Ben Seghir and Wilfried Singo despatched off in added time, each for violent conduct.
Lille maintained their Champions League problem, bouncing again from their Europa Convention League exit by the hands of Aston Villa by beating Strasbourg 1-0 at dwelling.
Jonathan David struck early within the first half to elevate Lille one level behind Brest with a sport in hand.