Football

Liverpool and Spanish power Villarreal were two of the six teams to qualify for the knockout stage of the Europa League.

West Ham beat Cup holders Manchester United 4-0 on Tuesday.

Arsenal, like United, could provisionally overtake Chelsea in the standings as it plays a day before the Blues.

In other games this weekend, Lazio visits Parma, Napoli hosts Bologna and Juventus is at Genoa.

France gave England a lesson in technique when they defeated them 2-1 at Wembley.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored with an early penalty on Sunday to earn victory for AC Milan.

Nedum Onuoha, Asamoah Gyan and Danny Welbeck scored in Sunderland's brilliant victory.

Lionel Messi's brace helps Barcelona beat Villareal 3-1.

Milan leads with 23 points, Lazio is next with 22, Napoli has 21, Inter 20, Juve 19 and Roma 18.

City avoided a repeat of last year, when it allowed United to score injury-time winners.

Also, third-place Villarreal face a tough Athletic Bilbao while Sevilla hosts Valencia.

Fletcher, Obertan and Bebe all scored in the second half to give United a comfortable win over last-place Bursaspor.

Sulley Muntari's fortuitous goal gave Serie A defending champion Inter Milan a win over Genoa on Friday.

Barcelona face Sevilla while Real Madrid take on Hercules this weekend.

Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored as AC Milan beat 10-man Napoli 2-1.

The win takes Real Madrid back to the top of La Liga one point ahead of their rivals Barcelona.