Bundesliga
The Bundesliga is back after a near-month long winter break. But not much has changed. Bayern Munich continued their winning run by beating Borussia Monchengladbach 2 - 0 on Friday night, while their nearest rivals failed to keep up.
Borussia Dortmund poor home form continued with a 2 - 2 draw against Augsburg, despite Nuri Sahin's fine free-kick.
But there was more bad news for Jurgen Klopp as Kuba Blaszczykowski done his cruciate to add to a lengthy injury list.
Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen lost 3 - 2 at SC Freiburg to remain 10 points behind Pep's winning machine and also ensured that all the teams - except Bayern - that began the weekend in the Top 4, failed to win.
That was a help to Schalke who beat crisis-ridden Hamburg 3 - 0 and Klaas Jan Huntelaar was back among the goals.
Check out Sahin and the Hunter's strikes below along with three other fine finishes...
Serie A
Arsenal are not missing Gervinho but the same can be said about him vis a vis his former club.
After netting the Coppa Italia winner against Juventus in midweek, he scored an even better goal in the 3 - 1 win at Hellas Verona...
Gervinho Amazing Solo Goal ~ Hellas Verona vs... by tvgolo
Verona's goal by Emil Hallfredsson was also pretty special...
Emil Hallfreðsson Great Goal ~ Hellas Verona vs... by tvgolo
Juventus remain six points clear at the top after battling to a 1 - 1 draw at Lazio, despite the disadvantage of having Gianluigi Buffon sent off.
AC Milan also fought till the last whistle as Mario Balotelli and Giampaolo Pazzini overturned a 1 - 0 deficit in the last five minutes against Cagliari...
Super Mario's was a brilliant free-kick...
Tiziano Crudeli (or Ladbrokes guy to you and me) seemed to delight in the comeback...
Like Gervinho and Arsenal, Liverpool fans are not missing Alberto Aquilani. But the Fiorentina midfielder got the first hat-trick of his career in the entertaining 3 - 3 draw at home to Genoa...
Fiorentina 3-3 Genoa All Goals by all-goals
La Liga
Barcelona and Real Madrid won. So did Atletico Madrid.
Barca did score a great team goal though in the 3 - 0 win over Malaga...
Elsewhere, Jhon Cordoba finished well in Espanyol's 2 - 2 draw at Valencia...
(Click watch on YouTube)
Ligue 1
No Falcao, no problemo for Monaco as the club's joint top-scorer Emmanuel Riviere found the net in the 2 - 0 win over Mediterranean rivals Marseille...
PSG dropped points at Guincamp to leave Monaco just three points behind.
