Arsenal win 5 games straight, Barcelona 9 points ahead of Real Madrid in respective leagues

By Selcuk Bugra Gokalp

ANKARA (AA) - Arsenal won 5 games straight in English Premier League, while Barcelona is nine points ahead of Real Madrid in Spanish La Liga.

Napoli, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich also maintain leads in their respective leagues; Italian Serie A, French Ligue 1 and German Bundesliga.

- English Premier League

Taking firm steps forward in their title bid, Arsenal beat Fulham 3-0 and extended their winning streak to five games in the league.

The reigning champions of the last two years, Manchester City, have continued their pursuit of Arsenal by winning against Crystal Palace 1-0.

Manchester United, one of the teams struggling to get the Champions League quota, got a goalless draw with Southampton. Tottenham defeated Nottingham Forrest 3-1, while Newcastle United beat Wolverhampton 2-1.

Liverpool, competing for the Champions League quota race, defeated Manchester United with a historical score of 7-0 last week, disappointed its fans by losing to Bournemouth 0-1 on the road.

Keeping the top seat of the league, Arsenal has 66 points at the end of the 27th week of the Premier League, while Manchester City has 61 points, Manchester United has 50 points one game to play, Tottenham has 48 points, Newcastle United has 44 points with two games to play) and Liverpool has 42 points with one more game to play.

- Spanish La Liga

Barcelona won 1-0 against Athletic Bilbao and maintained their top seat of the La Liga standings

The reigning champion Real Madrid defeated Espanyol 3-1.

On the other hand, Atletico Madrid will face Girona away in the last match of the week.

After the 25th week of La Liga, Barcelona, which had 65 points, was followed by Real Madrid with 56 points, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad placed 3rd and 4th, both 20 points behind Barca.

- Italian Serie A

After ending the 8-game winning streak by losing to Lazio last week, the leader Napoli beat Atalanta 2-0 this week.

Having lost 1-2 to Spezia, Inter's point difference with Napoli increased to 18.

Lazio drew 0-0 with Bologna, while Roma lost 3-4 to Sassuolo.

The defending champion Milan will host Salernitana in the closing match of the week.

At the end week 26 of Serie A, Napoli with 68 points was followed by Inter with 50 points, Lazio with 49 points, Milan and Roma with 47 points.

- German Bundesliga

The reigning champion of the last 10 years, Bayern Munich, maintained its position at the top by beating Augsburg 5-3.

Borussia Dortmund drew 2-2 with Schalke and fell behind in the race to the top.

Leipzig, which was included in the championship race, beat Borussia Monchengladbach 3-0. Surprise contender of the season, Union Berlin, drew 1-1 with Wolfsburg, while Freiburg defeated Hoffenheim 2-1.

Bayern Munich, who collected 52 points at the end of the 24th week of the Bundesliga, was followed by Borussia Dortmund with 50 points. Leipzig, Union Berlin and Freiburg, placed 3rd, 4t and 5th respectively, all with 45 points.

- French Ligue 1

Paris Saint-Germain is still at the top of the league by winning 2-1 against Brest with the last minute goal of French star Kylian Mbappe.

Olympique Marseille, the runner-up, drew 2-2 with Strasbourg.

Lens, on the other hand, came back with a clear 4-0 away win against Clermont.

At the end of the 27th week of the league, PSG continued to lead with 66 points. Olympique Marseille was behind the Paris team with 56 points and Lens with 54 points.