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REUTERS - Borussia Dortmund opened a 10-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a 2-0 win at Nuremberg. After 15 games they have a record 40 points and have won all eight away matches this season, also a record.Arsenal are top of the Premier League after stuttering Chelsea could only draw 1-1 at home to Everton. The Gunners beat London rivals Fulham 2-1.
Barcelona are two points clear in Spain after a fraught trip to Pamplona ended with a 3-0 win over Osasuna. Lille moved top in France thanks to Ligue 1 leading scorer Moussa Sow who hit a hat-trick in a 6-3 victory over Lorient. AC Milan remain in first place in Italy.
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GERMANY - Borussia Dortmund opened up a 10-point lead by beating Nuremberg 2-0 and setting a league record for points collected after 15 games.
Mats Hummels set them on their way for a league record eighth win on the road from eight games in one season. Robert Lewandowski added another two minutes from time as Dortmund notched their 13th win from 15 games to lift them to 40 points.
Second-placed Mainz 05 lost 2-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.
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ENGLAND - Arsenal moved top of the Premier League thanks to a combination of their 2-1 win over Fulham, Chelsea being held 1-1 at home by Everton and Manchester United having their game at Blackpool frozen off.
Samir Nasri continued his terrific start to the season with both Arsenal goals as the Gunners reached 32 points.
Chelsea have now taken just five points from the last 18 and are on 30 after Jermaine Beckford's late header cancelled out a Didier Drogba penalty and secured Everton a deserved point.
United are second on 31, now with a game in hand, while Manchester City remained fourth on 29 after a Carlos Tevez goal was enough to beat Bolton Wanderers. Liverpool host Aston Villa on Monday (2000)
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SPAIN - Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo continued their goal-scoring duel in La Liga, grabbing two apiece to inspire Barcelona and Real Madrid to victories that kept them clear at the top of the table.
Leaders Barca survived a late dash across country by train and bus because of an air traffic controllers' strike to beat Osasuna 3-0. Their late arrival had little effect as Pedro opened the scoring and Messi took his league tally to 15.
Real struggled against Valencia until the visitors were reduced to 10 men 25 minutes from time. Ronaldo profited to net twice in the closing stages to take his tally to 16.
Barca have 37 points from 14 matches, Real have 35 and Villarreal are third with 30 after beating Sevilla 1-0.
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FRANCE - Lille took over at the top of Ligue 1 thanks to an impressive 6-3 demolition of Lorient. Top scorer Moussa Sow scored his second hat-trick of the season to take his tally to 13 goals.
Lille lead the way on 28 points, one ahead of second-placed Paris Saint-Germain who beat Stade Brest 3-1.
Olympique Marseille, who topped the standings going into the weekend, slipped to fourth after they lost 1-0 at Nice in stoppage time.
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ITALY - AC Milan underlined their position as Serie A title favourites with a 3-0 home win over Brescia. Chasing a first scudetto since 2004, they moved three points clear at the top having been briefly caught on Friday by Lazio who beat troubled champions Inter Milan 3-1.
Juventus won 3-1 win at Catania to boost their prospects. They lie third, three points adrift of Lazio.
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GREECE - Olympiakos Pireaus stayed in touch with league leaders and champions Panathinaikos after a 1-0 victory at Kavala moved them level on 30 points.
Spanish midfielder David Fuster scored the only goal of the game, slotting home a 41st-minute penalty.
Panathinaikos beat Panserraikos on Saturday thanks to goals from Jean-Alain Boumsong and Djibril Cisse. Former Newcastle United and Lyon defender Boumsong put the Greens ahead in the 16th minute with a header and Cisse made it 2-0 in the 69th minute, the Frenchman slotting home his 13th goal of the season.
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NETHERLANDS - PSV Eindhoven came from behind to thrash visitors Heracles Almelo 5-2 and Twente Enschede enjoyed a 2-0 home win over Graafschap Doetinchem as the pair remained joint top of the Dutch League.
PSV lead on goal difference from Twente with 37 points after 17 matches at the halfway point of the season, four ahead of third-placed Groningen who beat Vitesse Arnhem 4-1.
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PORTUGAL - Champions Benfica beat Olhanense 2-0 at home to keep up the pressure on leaders Porto, who play against Vitoria Setubal on Monday.
Paraguay striker Oscar Cardozo benefitted from a blunder by Olhanense keeper Moretto to open the scoring on 42 minutes and Argentine forward Javier Saviola headed in the second from a Carlos Martins corner in the 80th.
The win put Benfica five points adrift of Porto and also allowed them to increase their gap over third-placed Guimaraes, who were a held to a 1-1 draw at home by Pacos Ferreira.
(Compiled by Dave Thompson; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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