Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang stars as Barcelona crush Real Madrid at the Bernabeu

Sunday proved a bad day to be top of the table in Spain and France as Barcelona hammered rivals Real Madrid 4-0 and Paris St Germain lost 3-0 at Monaco.

Xavi’s overhaul of Barca took another huge step as they humbled the LaLiga leaders at the Bernabeu largely thanks to January signings Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ferran Torres.

Aubameyang broke the deadlock when he headed in Ousmane Dembele’s cross with 29 minutes gone before Ronald Araujo nodded in from a corner to double the lead.

Two minutes into the second half, Barca hit Madrid on the break, with the moved capped when Aubameyang’s flick was met by a first-time shot from Torres.

Torres then returned the favour four minutes later as Aubameyang dinked a shot over Thibaut Courtois, with VAR awarding the goal after the offside flag had gone up.

Sevilla could not take full advantage of Madrid’s defeat as they were held to a goalless draw by Real Sociedad – a third straight draw for the second-placed side and seventh in their last nine.

Real Betis are four points behind Barca in fifth after they too were held goalless, away to Cadiz.

Ruben Sobrino struck in the 90th minute to give Cadiz a 1-0 win over Villarreal, while Raul de Thomas scored late in the first half as Espanyol edged out Real Mallorca by the same scoreline.

In France pressure grew on PSG boss Mauricio Pochettino, who branded his side’s 3-0 defeat away to Monaco “a sporting shame”.

PSG remain runaway leaders, 12 points clear, but have now lost four of their last six in all competitions, a run which saw them dumped out of the Champions League.

Sunday’s setback was their biggest defeat of the season as Wissam Ben Yedder scored twice, the second a late penalty, while teeing up Kevin Volland for his side’s