European wrap: Barcelona return to the summit in La Liga with win over Las Palmas

Barcelona went top of the LaLiga table after beating Las Palmas 2-0.

Dani Olmo and Ferran Torres were on target for the Catalan club to beat relegation-threatened Las Palmas, who remain one point above the drop zone.

Barca are three points clear of Real Madrid - who play Girona on Sunday - and one point above Atletico Madrid, who beat Valencia 3-0 earlier on Saturday.

Julian Alvarez's brace and Angel Correa's late goal sealed three points for Atletico to help keep the pressure on at the top of the standings.

Villarreal's push for Europe continued with a 1-0 win over 10-man Rayo Vallecano after former Leicester and Newcastle winger Ayoze Perez scored the winner for them to stay fifth.

Espanyol distanced themselves from the relegation zone with Fernando Calero's late goal the difference to beat strugglers Deportivo Alaves.

In Serie A, Inter Milan went top of the table after Lautaro Martinez (below) scored the only goal of the game to beat Genoa 1-0.

Inter bounced back from last weekend's defeat to Juventus and sit one point clear of Napoli, who play on Sunday.

Fourth-placed Lazio were held to a goalless draw by second-from-bottom Venezia, while AC Milan's miserable week soured further after being beaten 2-1 by Torino.

After crashing out of the Champions League on Tuesday, Milan went behind through a Malick Thiaw own goal and Christian Pulisic had a penalty saved before Tijjani Reijnders levelled, only for Gvidas Gineitis to snatch three points.

New Parma boss Cristian Chivu got off to a winning start after his side beat European hopefuls Bologna 2-0.
The relegation-threatened side claimed their first win of 2025 through Ange-Yoan Bonny's penalty and Simon Sohm's strike to move out of the relegation zone.

Serhou Guirassy scored four