Two goals from Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave Anthony Brockway's Spurs a 2-1 home win over Man City - and put them two points clear at the top of the Premier League with three games to go. Glen Pine's Bournemouth were held 1-1 at James West's Villa - Higuain with the leveller for the home side in the final few seconds of the game - to drop behind the leaders. Benzema scored all five as Chelsea beat Celtic 5-0 to keep their faint mathematical title hopes alive, six points behind, whilst Doncaster are now also six behind after a 2-1 home defeat to Arsenal. Down at the bottom, Craig Rathey's Scarborough kept their hopes of avoiding the drop alive with a 2-0 win at relegated Derby, they move to just three points behind West Ham who lost at Wolves. The Hammers do have a better goal difference but there could still be a close finish there, Villa and Wolves though both look safe now, seven points ahead of Scarborough.
Promotion from the first division at the first attempt is almost secured by Marc Lewry's Man United - one more win from their final three games will do it. They lead Chris Burton's Sheffield Wednesday by six points and Kieran Hundal's Everton by seven. Those two, along with David Newton's Rangers and possibly still Nick Smith's Liverpool, will battle it out over the final three games for the last promotion place.
Basle saw their lead at the top of Serie A cut to seven points, but they're still just one win from the title. Dnipro beat them 2-0 to make Coach Pine wait another week for his trophy, Alcantara and Bacca scoring for Jamie Maycroft's side. Gerard O'Brien's Bayern are second after a 3-0 win at Roma, Lazio dropping out of the running with a 1-1 draw at Mini Mars. Relegation is still pretty open, PSV losing at Juve to drop to second bottom, Real Madrid beating Antwerp 3-0 to move up to 10th. Antwerp and Juventus are still definitely in trouble, Mini Mars may still need another point or two but are probably high enough up the table to feel like they'll be playing in Serie A again next season.
Benfica and AC Milan both secured promotion back to Serie A this week, Louis King's Benfica beating Shaktar Donetsk 3-0, James West's Milan with a 3-0 win at Barcelona. The two of them will now battle it out for the divisional title.
This week also saw the Champions League semi finals. Bayern Munich followed a 2-0 home win against Lazio with a 2-1 victory away from home to secure their place in the final, Bournemouth beat stable mates Basle 2-1 to join them after a goal-less first leg. In the Europa semis, NY Red Bull beat Paris St. Germain 2-1 on the night, 4-2 on aggregate, and a 1-1 draw for Man City at Villa Park was enough for them to go through 3-1 on aggregate.
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