European wrap: Real's title hopes dealt major blow
Hector Bellerin's stoppage-time goal clinched Real Betis a 1-1 home draw against Real Madrid, whose title hopes were dealt a major blow.
Former Arsenal defender Bellerin struck in the fourth minute of added time after Vinicius Junior’s 20th goal of the season for club and country had given Real a first-half lead.
Alvaro Arbeloa’s side have won only one of their last four league games and trail Barcelona, who have a game in hand, by eight points with five matches to play.
Scott McTominay, Rasmus Hojlund and Kevin De Bruyne were all on target as Napoli bounced back from last week’s damaging home defeat to Lazio by thrashing Cremonese 4-0 to climb back up to second place in Serie A.
Alisson Santos added a fourth early in the second half for Napoli, whose fading hopes of defending their title were all but dashed last week when they lost 2-0 to Lazio.
Union Berlin head coach Marie-Louise Eta lost her second game in charge in the Bundesliga as her side went down 3-1 at Leipzig.
Eta became the first female head coach of a men’s team in one of Europe’s top five leagues earlier this month and lost lost her first game last weekend 2-1 at home to Wolfsburg.
Leipzig led 2-0 inside 25 minutes at the Red Bull Arena after goals from Max Finkgrafe and Romulo, while Ridle Baku added a third midway through the second half before Danilho Doekhi headed a late consolation.
In Ligue 1, former Newcastle forward Allan Saint-Maximin fired a stoppage-time equaliser as title-challengers Lens fought back from 3-0 down to draw 3-3 at Brest.
But the point left second-placed Lens three points behind leaders Paris St Germain, who play at Angers on Saturday.
