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The shooting dead of a Lazio fan overshadowed the weekend's European club matches.
Real Madrid opened up a four-point lead in Spain, while English champions Manchester United are top of the premier league after beating Blackburn Rovers 2-0.
Bayern Munich's lead in the Bundesliga is down to one
point after they lost to champions VfB Stuttgart while Olympique Marseille moved out of the Ligue 1 drop zone with a 2-1 win at champions Olympique Lyon.
ENGLAND
Manchester United went three points clear at the top of the premier league after beating Blackburn Rovers 2-0 at Old Trafford thanks to two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo.
Manchester City hung on to third place, on 26 points, with a goalless draw at Portsmouth after Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by Everton at Stamford Bridge.
Tottenham Hotspur thrashed Wigan Athletic 4-0 at White Hart Lane.
ITALY
Italian soccer was plunged into a fresh crisis with three matches called off because of fan violence and the death of a supporter. Inter Milan's home game with Lazio was postponed after a Lazio fan was shot by a police officer at a service station following clashes with Juventus supporters.
Police said the shooting was accidental.
News of the death led fans in Bergamo to fight with police before Atalanta's match with AC Milan.
The game started but was abandoned after seven minutes when fans tried to break down a glass barrier keeping them from the pitch.
AS Roma's game with Cagliari was postponed because of the trouble.
The rest of the Serie A programme went ahead with second-placed Fiorentina losing 1-2 at home to Udinese.
Juventus moved up to third after drawing 2-2 at Parma. SPAIN Real Madrid maintained their one-point lead at the top of the primera liga with a 4-3 victory over Real Mallorca at the Bernabeu.
Brazilian forward Robinho scored two and set up the third after Mallorca had twice equalised through Fernando Varela and then taken the lead courtesy of Daniel Guiza.
Ruud van Nistelrooy scored the winner to keep Real ahead of Villarreal who came from behind to beat 10-man Sevilla 3-2 at home.
Barcelona continued to struggle on their travels, losing 0-2 at Getafe.
Ronald Koeman registered a win on his first league game at the helm with Valencia, who hammered promoted Real Murcia 3-0 with two goals from David Villa.
GERMANY
Bayern Munich's 24-match unbeaten run in all competitions came to an end when the Bundesliga leaders lost 1-3 at VfB Stuttgart.
Bayern's lead at the top melted to one point ahead of Werder Bremen, 4-0 winners over fourth-placed Karlsruhe, while Hamburg SV missed a chance to go top with a 1-1 draw at Schalke 04.
Bayern have just two points from their last three league matches and wasted a six-point lead at the top in mid-October after winning eight of their first 10 games. FRANCE Olympique Marseille left the relegation zone in Ligue 1 after a Mamadou Niang brace and a superb performance by goalkeeper Steve Mandanda earned them a 2-1 win at Olympique Lyon.
Girondins Bordeaux leapfrogged Stade Rennes into third place after two goals from David Bellion set them on their way to a 3-0 home win over the Brittany side.
NETHERLANDS
Ajax Amsterdam stayed top of the Dutch league after they drew 2-2 at arch rivals Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven were held 1-1 by AZ Alkmaar.
Ajax are top on 25 points, ahead of Feyenoord on goal difference and PSV by one point.
- Reuters