Barcelona kept intact their six point lead over closest rivals Real Madrid when Lionel Messi’s twentieth league goal of a fabulous season was enough to beat struggling Getafe.
Real Madrid also earned a 1-0 win as Marcelo slotted home to get three points at even more struggling Recreativo Huelva.
Sevilla stay third despite going down to fourth placed Valencia 3-1 at the Mestalla. The visitors had taken the lead through Julien Escude but Valencia hit back after Adriano was sent-off for Sevilla.
Goals from David Villa, Juan Mata and substitute Pablo Hernandez made Sevilla pay for their ill-discipline.
Valencia are now just five points behind Sevilla with seven games to play. They have opened up a three point lead over Villarreal and Atletico Madrid.
The top two could not be separated as Inter failed to overcome 10-man Juventus in Turin.
Mario Balotelli gave Jose Mourinho’s side the lead and they looked to have all three points in the bag when Juve midfielder Tiago was sent-off with 15 minutes to play but Zdenek Grygera managed to grab an equaliser deep into stoppage-time.
The draw was not enough for Juventus who find themselves ten points behind Mourinho’s Champions elect with just six games to play.
A Filippo Inzaghi hat-trick helped AC Milan go into second place ahead of Juve on goal difference as they beat Torino 5-1 at the San Siro. Kaka and Ambrosini completed the scoring.
Wolfsburg remain in pole position after a 2-1 home win over Bayer Leverkusen thanks to a brace from in-form striker Grafite.
Bayern Munich remain three points behind after a Luca Toni strike was enough to beat struggling Arminia Biefield in a less than impressive performance.
Hamburg are certainly not out of the race for the title after going level on points with Bayern following their 2-1 home win over Hannover with Mladen Petric scoring both goals.
Hertha Berlin are also still in with a chance after they came from behind to defeat Werder Bremen 2-1 to keep them five points off top spot. Simunic and Rafael scored the goals.
Another win for Marseille thanks to goals from Renato Civelli and Brandao kept them top with a 2-1 win at Lorient.
Bordeaux are just two points behind after they beat champions Lyon 1-0 at home with Alou Diarra tapping home shortly before half-time.
The result leaves Lyon four points behind Marseille in third while PSG are still in the race after they beat Le Havre 3-0 at Parc des Princes to remain five points off the pace.They had Giuly, Rothen and Hoarau to thank for their win.
AZ Alkmaar were crowned champions for the first time since 1981 despite a rare defeat, losing 2-1 at home to Vitesse. El Hamdaoui had put them ahead but it wasn’t enough to stop them slipping to only their third defeat all season.
Second place FC Twente went down 1-0 to a Roy Makaay goal at Feyenoord whilst Ajax, in third place, had a remarkable and humiliating 6-2 defeat at PSV. There were six different players on the scoresheet for the home side as the fans were shown just what this team could have produced.
Celtic remain one point clear at the top after they beat Aberdeen 2-0 at home on Saturday. Goals either side of half-time from Vennegoor of Hesselink and McDonald were enough for a comfortable win.
Rangers made sure they stayed hot on the heels of the leaders when they scraped past Hibernian away 3-2 with Steven Whittaker, Andrius Velicka and Maurice Edu scoring the goals.
Porto bounced back from European Champions League defeat to Manchester United in style as they hammered Academica de Coimbra 3-0 away to remain at the top in Portugal. Rolando, Lopez and Gonzalez kept them four points clear of second placed Sporting who won 2-1 away at Guimaraes.
Sivasspor stay top in Turkey despite drawing 0-0 at Konyaspor. They stay one point ahead of Besiktas who also drew 0-0 with Bursaspor.
Olympiakos are eight points clear at the top in Greece despite a rare 1-0 loss at home to AE Larissa. They remain in total control at the top as PAOK were the only team in the top four to pick up three points.
Anderlecht and Standard Liege remain locked together at the top after both teams picked up decent away wins.
Anderlecht won 1-0 at seventh placed Westerlo whilst Standard Liege hammered mid-table Excelsior Mouscron 3-0.
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