Man U

What a weekend! With Premier League title chasers Liverpool and Man City winning, Man United were again left frustrated in their chase for fourth place.

With the match still in the balance late, he drew a penalty (via what amounted to an American football tackle by Juraj Kucka) that Fabinho converted in the 89th minute to wrap up the 2-0 victory. Villa are comfortably mid-table and in no danger of relegation, but a bad end to a season can impact the next campaign and Gerrard needs to find a way to arrest the slump and reignite his team's fortunes. The teams remain separated by just one point after matching 2-0 wins on Saturday -- City over Burnley, Liverpool over Watford -- but while City were dominant from the start, Liverpool had a sloppy go of it for large portions of their win. He scored off a gorgeous cross from Joe Gomez in the 22nd minute, and forced a short-range save by Ben Foster late in the first half. With the 1-0 victory, Barca have now won six league games in a row and are unbeaten in 13 matches in all competitions. Pedri scored the goal of the weekend in Spain to take Barcelona above Sevilla into second place in LaLiga. The Barca midfielder received the ball just outside the box late in the second half and feigned to shoot on his left foot, sending Sevilla's Ivan Rakitic flying in the other direction. It continued this weekend, too, as Napoli's 3-1 win over Atalanta to draw level with Milan (who play Monday) was the prelude to a fiery, contentious Derby d'Italia in which Inter Milan won at red-hot Juventus to stay within reach of their rivals. Borussia Dortmund nearly went ahead in the seventh minute when Marco Reus misplayed a prime transition opportunity, but they overwhelmed RBL in the first 20 minutes, attempting five shots to the visitors' zero and tilting the field to the tune of 48 touches in the attacking third to RBL's eight. Christopher Nkunku put the match out of reach in the 58th minute, popping up to assist a late Dani Olmo goal. Konrad Laimer dinked in a transition goal in the 21st minute, then scored off a deflection in the 30th. Celta captain Aspas said the first two were "soft" and that the third one, for a foul by Kevin Vazquez on Ferland Mendy, was "never a penalty." After being held to a 1-1 draw against Leicester at Old Trafford on Saturday, United are facing the reality of missing out on Champions League qualification.