THERE was a sense of devastation after Arsenal were beaten 2-1 by Aston Villa at Villa Park, leaving the Gunners\u2019 players stretched out on the turf in disbelief. It was their first defeat since August in the Premier League but they are still three points ahead of Manchester City, who are emerging as the most likely title contenders to Mikel Arteta\u2019s team. Villa snatched victory with a 95th<\/sup>\u00a0minute goal from Emi Buendia after Leandro Trossard had equalised in the 52nd<\/sup>\u00a0minute for Arsenal. Matty Cash had opened the scoring nine minutes before the interval. City were 3-0 winners against Sunderland at the Etihad and just for a change, Erling Haaland did not score for the home side. Sunderland had a man sent off at the end of the game. Chelsea continue to lose ground with a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth, a game which saw Cole Palmer start for the first time since September. Chelsea\u2019s Liam Delap was injured again. Liverpool\u2019s troubled season continues with Arne Slot\u2019s side drawing 3-3 at Leeds. Hugo Ekitike scored twice but the big talking point was Mohammed Salah\u2019s public outburst about being dropped from the team, claiming he had been \u201cthrown under a bus\u201d by Liverpool. It is starting to sound like somebody wants a January move, maybe to Saudi Arabia? Manchester United added to Wolves\u2019 miserable campaign, winning 4-1 at Molineux and consigning the home team to their eighth successive defeat. Before the game, Wolves\u2019 fans staged a protest about the club\u2019s owners, the Chinese company Fosun.<\/p>\n Scotland: Hearts rise to the occasion<\/strong><\/p>\n PEOPLE have started to write Heart of Midlothian off after their substantial lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership was eroded in recent weeks. However, they responded to the critics with a 2-1 win at Celtic to extend their lead at the top to three points. Hearts had dropped points in their previous four games, but they put on an excellent performance at Celtic Park. Cl\u00e1udio Braga put them ahead in the 38th<\/sup>\u00a0minute from close range and then a superb header from Oisin McEntee, a free transfer from Walsall, gave them a two-goal lead. Celtic pulled a goal back in added time through Kieran Tierney with the home fans rapidly deserting the stadium.\u00a0\u00a0Elsewhere, Rangers won 3-0 at Kilmarnock, while Hibernian beat Falkirk by the same scoreline. Aberdeen won 3-1 against Dundee.<\/p>\n La Liga: Alonso under pressure<\/strong><\/p>\n REAL Madrid were surprisingly beaten 2-0 at home by Celta Vigo, a result that has placed coach Xabi Alonso\u2019s future in some doubt. Pressure has been building for the past few weeks and at the end of a disappointing game, the locals jeered his team off the pitch. Real have won just one of their last five games and they find themselves four points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona. Real are over-reliant on Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, who has scored 16 of their 32 league goals and 25 of their 44 in all competitions. Barcelona won 5-3 at Real Betis with Ferran Torres scored a hat-trick in 29 minutes. Roony Bardghji, Barca\u2019s 20-year-old Swedish winger,scored his first goal for the club. Atl\u00e9tico Madrid were beaten 1-0 in Bilbao with Alex Berenguer scoring the winner after 85 minutes. Villareal remain in third place after beating beat Getafe 2-0.<\/p>\n Bundesliga: Harry the super sub<\/strong><\/p>\n IS THERE any stopping Harry Kane? The England skipper scored another hat-trick for Bayern Munich after coming on as a 60th<\/sup>\u00a0minute substitute. Kane\u2019s three goals came in a 22-minute spell as Bayern won 5-0 in Stuttgart. He has now scored 17 goals in the Bundesliga this season. Bayern are eight points clear at the top of the table and have dropped just two points. Leipzig, in second place, won 6-0 against a hapless Eintracht Frankfurt side. Yan Diomande, Leipzig\u2019s 19-year-old winger, scored a hat-trick in a spectacular 18-minutes. Diomande has been compared to Erling Haaland which has brought him to the attention of clubs like Liverpool and Manchester City. Dortmund won 2-0 against Hoffenheim\u00a0\u00a0while an own goal was enough to give Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach a 1-0 win at Mainz. Hamburg won the\u00a0Nordderby<\/em>\u00a0with Werder Bremen 3-2, the decisive goal scored by veteran Danish forward Yussuf Poulsen.<\/p>\n Portugal: Derby de Lisboa helps Porto<\/strong><\/p>\n PORTO\u2019s position at the top of the Portuguese Primeira Liga was strengthened by the\u00a0Derby de Lisboa<\/em>\u00a0ending in a 1-1 draw. While the capital\u2019s big guns were fighting out a stalemate, Porto won 2-0 at Tondela to extend their lead at the top to five points. Benfica fell behind at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz when Pedro Gon\u00e7alves scored after 12 minutes, but by half-time, Ukrainian forward Heorhiy Sudakov had levelled the scores. The hard-fought derby ended with Benfica losing Gianluca Prestianni to a red card in added time. Porto found Tondela a tough nut to crack but two goals in a minute at the start of the second half from Samu Aghehowa and William Gomes were enough to win the points.<\/p>\n Eredivisie: Ueda\u2019s the man<\/strong><\/p>\n FEYENOORD may be six points off top spot behind PSV Eindhoven, but their Japanese forward, Ayase Ueda hit the headlines with four goals in 44 minutes as the Rotterdam-based club thrashed Zwolle 6-1 at De Kuip. Ueda has scored 18 league goals this season. PSV, meanwhile, won 2-0 at Heerenveen to maintain their grip on the Eredivisie leadership. Ajax had to rely on two own goals as they beat Fortuna Sittard 3-1.<\/p>\n And elsewhere\u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Attendances<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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