Man U,Chelsea, Leicester and Arsenal win (Photos and scores from this weekend's matches)

It was a fun filled action across the three major European football league this weekend as the battle for silverware, promotion places, champions league spots and glory heats up. Here is how things went down on the European football scene over the weekend.

England


In the English league , soon to be relegated side Aston Villa who were bsashed by their own fans were thrashed 4-0 by a rampant Chelsea side whose season seem almost to be over with only a Europa League qualification slot the most possible achievement this season.

Arsenal and Man City also played 4-0 wins over Watford and Bournemouth respectively. Title chasers Leicesters squeezed out a 1-0 win over Southampton while Man U continued their champions league chasing ambition with a 1-0 win over Everton. Anthony Martial was the goal-scoring hero on the day that Old Trafford honoured Sir Bobby Charlton.

  Aston Villa 0 - 4 Chelsea


 AFC Bournemouth 0 - 4 Manchester City


 Arsenal 4 - 0 Watford


 Norwich City 3 - 2 Newcastle United


 Stoke City 2 - 2 Swansea City


 Sunderland 0 - 0 West Bromwich Albion


 West Ham United 2 - 2 Crystal Palace


 Liverpool 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur


 Leicester City 1 - 0 Southampton


 Manchester United 1 - 0 Everton

Spain

Spanish league came alive on Saturday as the two biggest Spanish clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid battled in 'El Classico' but Real Madrid laughed last after Ronaldo's efforts cancelled out Gerard Pique's goal leaving Real Madrid seven points behind Barcelona..

Atletico Madrid via goals from Fernando Torres, Antoine Griezmann and JuanFran ensured they kept on Barcelona's toes as they aim to win the Spanish league for the second time in three seasons.

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As seen on 3rd Mainland Bridge (photo)

Atletico Madrid 5 - 1 Real Betis


 Las Palmas 2 - 1 Valencia


 Barcelona 1 - 2 Real Madrid


 Celta Vigo 1 - 1 Deportivo La Coruna

 Germany

Bayern tightened their grip on the top of the table with a hard fought 1-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt who didn't want to make Pep Guardiola's last games in charge a memorable one.

Dortmund, having one of their best seasons in three years beat Werder Bremen at the Signal Iduna Park via goals from African footballer of the year Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Shinji Kagawa and Adrian Ramos. The German league bereft of much competition is sure going to be Bayern's to lose as the Germans look sure to add another title to their shelves.

Bayern Munich 1 - 0 Eintracht Frankfurt


Darmstadt 2 - 2 VfB Stuttgart


Hannover 96 0 - 3 Hamburger SV


Ingolstadt 3 - 0 Schalke 04


Mainz 05 4 - 2 Augsburg


Borussia Dortmund 3 - 2 Werder Bremen