There was no change at the top in England, Germany, Italy and Spain at the weekend, but Lyon were forced to surrender first place in France. FIFA.com reviews the latest action in the continent's biggest leagues.

Premier League: Big four plough on
Leaders Manchester United fought hard for a 2-1 success at Sunderland, but pursuers Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal won, and all hit four goals to boot. For the second week in a row, 17-year-old Federico Macheda came up with a late match-winning goal for the Red Devils. Paul Scholes had earlier fired United in front, before Kenwyne Jones equalised with the hour mark approaching. The champions remain top of the pile by a point with a game in hand.

Liverpool disposed of Blackburn Rovers 4-0 and Arsenal eventually triumphed 4-1 away to Wigan Athletic. At Stamford Bridge, Chelsea appeared to be cruising at 4-0 up with just over 20 minutes to play, but a three-goal burst by visiting Bolton Wanderers in the space of eight minutes set up a frantic closing phase. The Blues clung on to win 4-3.

Top three: Manchester United (71 points), Liverpool (70), Chelsea (67)
Bottom three: Newcastle United, Middlesbrough (both 30), West Bromwich Albion (25)
Leading scorers: Nicolas Anelka, Cristiano Ronaldo (both 15), Steven Gerrard (13)
Weekend stat: 2 - Chelsea's Didier Drogba netted twice in a match for the first time in more than a year. The Ivorian forward last claimed a brace against Arsenal in March 2008.

La Liga: Barça and Real motor on
Leaders Barcelona and chief pursuers Real Madrid both won 2-0, against Recreativo Huelva and Valladolid respectively. Barça's Andres Iniesta struck his side's first after just 47 seconds, before Nasief Morris put through his own goal in the second half to round off the scoring. Lionel Messi missed from the spot with ten minutes to play. At the Bernabeu, Raul and Arjen Robben scored either side of half-time for the champions.

It was a poor weekend for third-placed Sevilla, beaten 1-0 at home by Getafe. Valencia won 3-2 at Sporting Gijon to go fourth ahead of Villarreal, who lost 2-0 at home to Malaga. The relegation six-pointer between second-bottom Numancia and tailenders Espanyol ended goalless.

Top three: Barcelona (75 points), Real Madrid (69), Sevilla (57)
Bottom three: Recreativo Huelva (30), Numancia (28), Espanyol (26)
Leading scorers: Samuel Eto'o (26), David Villa (22), Diego Forlan (20)
Weekend stat: 4,000 - Simao Sabrosa struck Atletico Madrid's 4,000th La Liga goal at the weekend

Bundesliga: Wolfsburg keep resurgent Bayern at bay
Wolfsburg chalked up a ninth consecutive win to go three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. Edin Dzeko opened the scoring for Felix Magath's side away to struggling Borussia Monchengladbach, but Dante levelled after half-time. Sascha Riether netted the winner for the Wolves five minutes from time.

Three days after a humbling 4-0 UEFA Champions League defeat at Barcelona, Bayern Munich went second with a routine victory by the same score over Eintracht Frankfurt. Hamburg slipped to third, level on points with the Bavarians, after Mario Gomez struck in stoppage time to hand Stuttgart a 1-0 victory, ending a run of three wins on the trot for Martin Jol's team. Hertha Berlin continued their slide down the standings with a 2-0 loss at Hannover.

Top three: Wolfsburg (54 points), Bayern, Hamburg (both 51)
Bottom three: Borussia Monchengladbach, Energie Cottbus (both 23), Karlsruhe (18)
Leading scorers: Grafite (20 goals), Vedad Ibisevic, Patrick Helmes (both 18)
Weekend stat: 250 - In the weekend meeting with Bayer Leverkusen, Werder Bremen striker Claudio Pizarro made his 250th Bundesliga appearance. The Peru hitman has 116 goals to his name.

Serie A: Lazio joy as Inter and Juve stumble
On Matchday 26 in Serie A, the top two both failed to win. Frontrunners Inter Milan threw away a two-goal advantage over Palermo as the game ended in a 2-2 draw. However, Jose Mourinho's team still increased their lead to ten points, due to runners-up Juventus falling 3-2 to fourth-placed Genoa.

AC Milan cemented their grip on third and moved to within two points of Juve after a Clarence Seedorf effort proved enough to beat Chievo. Lazio overcame Roma 4-2 in the 132nd Rome derby. In the battle for fourth place and Champions League football, Fiorentina bolstered their chances with a 2-1 success against Cagliari. The men from Florence remained two points behind Genoa.

Top three: Inter (73 points), Juventus (63), AC Milan (61)
Bottom three: Bologna (26), Lecce (24), Reggina (20)
Leading scorers: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (20 goals), Marco di Vaio (19), Alberto Gilardino, Diego Milito (both 16)
Weekend stat: 6 – The Rome derby between Roma and Lazio produced six goals for only the fourth time ever and the first time in seven seasons.

Ligue 1: OM knock OL from summit
Marseille beat promoted Grenoble 4-1 and went top of the pile at Lyon's expense. OL twice fell behind to Monaco but ended up salvaging a draw. Bordeaux won 2-0 away to Auxerre to strengthen their hold on third place, just two points off the new leaders.

The meeting between Lille, in fifth, and sixth-placed Paris Saint-Germain finished scoreless. At the wrong end of the table, second-from-bottom Caen recorded a hugely important 2-1 win over seemingly doomed Le Havre and moved closer to safety in 17th spot.

Top three: Marseille (61), Lyon (60), Bordeaux (59)
Bottom three: Nantes (30), St. Etienne (29), Le Havre (21)
Leading scorers: Andre-Pierre Gignac (19 goals), Guillaume Horau (16), Karim Benzema (14)
Weekend stat: 1 - Lyon were forced to concede top spot for the first time in 27 matches. The last time another team led the league was after four games, when the top dogs were also new leaders Marseille

Elsewhere
The derby between Istanbul giants Fenerbahce and Galatasaray finished 0-0. Both Fener and Gala slipped a place in the standings, to fourth and fifth respectively, as Trabzonspor beat Hacettepe 4-1 to leapfrog into third.

The derby in the Bulgarian A Liga between Levski Sofia and Lokomotiv Sofia finished in an unexpected 3-0 win for the visitors, who climbed to third in the standings and completed a Sofia one-two-three of CSKA, Levksi and Lokomotiv at the top.