One point from two games means that Bournemouth have blown a five point lead and have been knocked off the top of the Premier League table by Tottenham. Last week, Glen Pine's side were held to a 0-0 draw at Ethan Bailey's Arsenal, this week they experienced a brace from Romelo Lukaku and a 2-0 defeat at Kirk Greenway's West Ham. Spurs battered Scarbrough 4-0 in week 16 then won 3-1 at Niall Cunningham's Celtic this turn to go top of the table - Zlatan Ibrahimovic with five of the goals for Spurs. Doncaster are still in the title race then, Sam Roberts' side three points off the top after they beat Villa 2-0 at home this turn, Man City five points behind after a 3-3 draw with Scarborough. City actually trailed 3-1 at the break, so this was a good come back for them - and a bad result for Craig Rathey's side who are now six points from safety following that draw and the win for the Hammers. Derby picked up their first win of the season but are officially relegated nonetheless, along with bottom club Celtic.
Man United disasterously threw away a three goal lead to see the gap at the top of division 1 cut to four points. Welbeck had scored a tremendous 11 minute hat-trick which looked to put Marc Lewry's side well in control, but Grimsby came back brilliantly to grab a late 3-3 draw. Promotion still looks odds on for United, but Sheffield Wednesday are closing in, Chris Burton's team four points off the top after a 4-1 win at home to Notts County. The Owls are a point ahead of Kieran Hundal's Everton who won 4-0 at Norwich. Rangers are down to fourth after losing to the league leaders last week, this week though David Newton's side won 1-0 at Millwall. Nick Smith's Liverpool are fifth, five points outside the automatic promotion places, after a 2-1 win at Birmingham.
Basle are now within touching distance of the Serie A title - they could have it wrapped up in a weeks time if results go their way. This week title holders Bayern Munich were put firmly in their place - Gerard O'Brien's team going down 3-0 in Switzerland. In truth, the tie was pretty close for more than half an hour - then Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off for the visitors and after that it became very one sided. Bayern drop to third and Jamie Maycroft's Dnepro become nearest challengers after a 3-1 home win against Patrick Lyon's New York Red Bull who also had a man sent off early on. Rich Ladd's PSG are up into fourth after a 4-0 home win over bottom club Roma.
Wins for Benfica and Milan in Serie B have those two in the driving seat for automatic promotion, Louis King's Benfica top after a 4-1 win over Schalke, James West's Milan second following their 3-0 win at Sampdoria. Sam Roberts' Stromsgodset drop to five points away from the automatic promotion places with a 0-0 draw at Shaktar Donetsk.
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