All the table toppers in Europe's top five leagues secured impressive wins during the weekend, while their closest competitors also picked up decisive wins to stay in the race for the league title.

The eventful Premier League weekend saw all of Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Brentford secure massive wins, while Manchester City concluded the weekend with a landmark victory at Anfield.

Bayern Munich and Dortmund in Germany, Real Madrid and Barcelona in Spain, PSG and RC Lens in France, all stayed on course with wins, while Inter were able to stretch their Serie A advantage on a weekend where Milan was not in action.

Below are the highlights of the weekend in each of the top five European leagues as the final stretch of the season approaches.

English Premier League 

Arsenal extended their winning streak to four games after an impressive 3-0 victory over Sunderland in the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, which saw them set a new Premier League record for the longest unbeaten home run against newly promoted teams.

Martin Zubimendi gave them the lead towards the halftime break with a spectacular low effort from the edge of the box to take his league goal tally to five, already his most productive campaign in front of goal yet in his debut season in England.

Viktor Gyokeres came off the bench to add a second-half brace as the Gunner sealed a win that saw them spend the day nine points clear at the top, their biggest lead since the final day of the 2003-04 season.

Chelsea returned to winning ways in the league after their Carabao Cup semi-final exit to Arsenal during the week, thanks to Cole Palmer's hat-trick away to relegation strugglers Wolves.

The Englishman converted two penalties to give Liam Rosenior's team a 2-0 lead, with the second being his 50th Chelsea goal on the occasion of his 100th start for the club he joined from Manchester City in the summer of 2023.

He completed his later in the first half, firing home a first-time effort following a low cross from Marc Cucurella, but the visitors pulled one back through Tolu Arokodare after the interval to deny Robert Sanchez a clean sheet. Chelsea did win the clash, 3-1.

Manchester United finally put an end to their longest run without a win against Spurs, as Bryan Mbeumo and Bruno Fernandes struck in either half to conquer Thomas Frank's charge, who lost their captain to a straight red card earlier in the half.

The Red Devils had not won in any of their eight previous meetings with Tottenham, but had their rivals well placed to secure their first win after Cuti Romero was given his marching orders just before the half hour for a stamp on Casemiro.

Man United took advantage of the situation and took the lead through Mbeumo following a well-worked corner kick, while Bruno Fernandes scored nine minutes from time to seal a 2-0 win, and extend their winning run under Carrick to four.

In the biggest Premier League clash of the weekend, Manchester City came from a goal down to silence Anfield with a 2-1 victory, and completed the league double over Liverpool for the first time in the Premier League era.

After a goalless first half, Dominik Szoboszlai gave Liverpool the lead in the final quarter with a sensational free-kick, but Bernardo Silva leveled matters six minutes from time, before Erling Haaland converted an added-time penalty to complete the comeback.

Rayan Cherki's third was overturned while Szoboszlai was shown a straight red card in a frantic finale, but City, who won the reverse fixture 3-0 secured their first league double over their host in 89 years.

Aston Villa secured a point in their travel to the Vitality Stadium, where their host Bournemouth threatened decimation, but thanks to the heroics of goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, they were able to walk away with a draw.

The visitors started bravely and took an early lead through Morgan Rogers, but after debutant Rayan leveled matters for Andoni Iraola's side, they remained the more likely to go on to win it, forcing Martinez into seven smart saves.

In the other games, Brentford, who secured their first-ever Premier League win away to Aston Villa a week ago edged Newcastle United in a five-goal thriller to secure another historical first-ever Premier League win at St. James' Park.

Despite taking an early lead through Sven Botman, Newcastle United trailed 2-1 for the most part of the game as Vitaly Janelt and Igor Thiago scored to turn it around for the visitors. Bruno Guimaraes leveled again from the spot 11 minutes from time but Dango Ouattara had the final say with the winner six minutes later.

On his Crystal Palace debut, Evan Guessand set up Ismaila Sarr for the game's only goal as the Eagles ended a run of 12 games winless with a narrow victory away to Brighton, a result that moved them up to 13th.

Leeds United overcame a heavy home loss to Arsenal by beating Nottingham Forest 3-1 in the Friday night kickoff, where Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored the third to reach double figures for only the third campaign in his Premier League career.

Crysencio Summerville and Valentin Castellanos scored to give West Ham United a comfortable 2-0 away win at Burnley in the relegation derby, while Everton came from a goal down to beat Fulham in Craven Cottage.

Ahead of the start of the fresh round on Tuesday, there is no change in the top five, but Man United are now trail third place Aston Villa by just three points, while Spurs are just six points above safety amid upcoming games against Newcastle United and Arsenal.

Spanish LaLiga

Barcelona secured a sixth win across all competitions since their shocking loss to Real Sociedad, as goals from Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, and Marc Bernal helped them to a 3-0 victory at home to Mallorca.

As expected, Hansi Flick's team were dominant, but the visitors fashioned a couple of opportunities they could not take, before Robert Lewandowski scored his 10th league goal of the campaign to break the deadlock just before the half hour.

Lamine Yamal and Marc Bernal added two more after the interval to secure a win that saw them move four points clear before Real Madrid play away to Valencia later on Sunday.

Real Madrid responded to Barcelona's early win over the weekend by beating Valencia away from home to ensure that the gap with which they trail the defending champions remains just one.

Their win wasn't as straightforward as Barcelona's but in the absence of Jude Bellingham and the suspended Vinícius Jr, a second-half solo goal from Alvaro Carreras and Kylian Mbappé's penalty secured a much-needed three points.

Three days after they were beaten 5-0 in their own ground by the same team, Antony scored the only goal as Real Betis defeated Atlético Madrid away from home in LaLiga, as Diego Simeone's team suffered a first league home loss on Ademola Lookman's league debut.

Real Sociedad continued their rich run of form with a 3-1 victory over Elche moving them closer to a European place, while Athletic Club, Osasuna, and Getafe all secured wins in the battle to stay in the top half of the table.

Italian Serie A 

Inter produced another champion-worthy performance to extend their lead at the Serie A summit to eight points in a 5-0 victory away to Sassuolo, while Milan was not in action during the weekend.

Five different goal scorers for Cristian Chivu's team with Lautaro Martinez, Marcus Thurman, Luis Henrique, Manuel Akanji, and Yann Aurel Bisseck all on the scoresheet, while Federico Dimarco starred with a hat-trick of assists.

Napoli laboured to win away to Genoa earlier in the weekend in a match that left Conte fuming after Scott McTominay picked up a bizarre injury, while Joan Jesus was shown a red card before the winner was scored.

Rasmus Højlund scored to make it 1-1 after Ruslan Malinovskiy gave the host an early lead from the spot, while McTominay completed the turnaround in the 22nd minute.

Lorenzo Colombo made it 2-2, but Napoli snatched a late winner with Rasmus Højlund converting a 95th-minute penalty after Antonio Vergara was fouled by Maxwel Cornet.

Juventus missed the chance to keep up with the runaway leaders after being held in a 2-2 draw at home to Lazio, where they had to come from 2-0 down to earn a point.

The visitors' lead was doubled by Gustav Isaksen two minutes after the restart, after Pedro Rodriguez had given them the lead in the second minute of added time of the first half, but Weston McKennie and Pierre Kalulu scored to ensure the Bianconerri preserve their unbeaten home record.

Important wins for Parma and Lecce in the relegation survival race, while Fiorentina, Pisa, and Hellas Verona, all three who currently occupy the drop zone picked up a point each during the weekend.

German Bundesliga 

Bayern Munich finally ended a run of two winless games in the Bundesliga by thrashing 10-man Hoffenheim 5-1 in the battle of two of the top three teams to extend their lead to six points after it was reduced to three by Dortmund a day prior.

Harry Kane scored two penalties, including the first that saw Kevin Akpoguma sent off for denial of goalscoring opportunity, while Luis Diaz bagged a hat-trick in a match where the visitors had leveled through Andrej Kramaric despite being a man down.

Dortmund continue to push Bayern Munich in the race for this season's Bundesliga title as a 2-1 win away to Wolfsburg saw them reduce the gap to three points, when they had trailed by 11 points a few weeks back.

Julian Brandt's first-half goal was canceled out by Konstantinos Koulierakis seven minutes after the restart, but Serhou Guirassy continued his rediscovered scoring touch and produced the winning goal three minutes from time, helping BVB make it five straight league wins.

RB Leipzig, and Freiburg are the only other members of the top half of the table to secure wins during the weekend, while St. Pauli earned a massive win over Stuttgart to move two points off safety from the relegation spot.

French Ligue 1 

PSG secured a statement 5-0 victory over Olympique Marseille in the classique to retain their spot at the top of the Ligue 1 standings after RC Lens had overtaken them following their win over Rennes earlier in the weekend.

A win inspired by Ballon d'Or holder Ousmane Dembele, who scored two and assisted one more, with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Kang-In Lee also on target for the champions, benefited from Facundo Medina's own goal.

winsLens wins again in what is becoming a two-horse title race. Odsonne Edouard, Ruben Aguilar, and Allan Saint-Maximin scored to help them overcome a 1-0 deficit to beat Rennes 3-1 and keep the race on.

Lyon secured a 1-0 away win over Nantes thanks to Pavel Sulc's lone goal, in a match that saw Real Madrid loanee Endrick pick up a second-half red card for an intentional foul on French midfielder Dehmaine Tabibou.

Strasbourg suffered a shock 2-1 loss at Le Havre, who continues to pull away from the relegation battle, while Lille remains winless in five league games after being held in a goalless draw at Metz on Friday night.