Nobel Mendy's foul on Brahim Diaz in the 100th minute gave Mbappe the chance to put Real to within one point of Barcelona in the La Liga title race. Vinicius Jr had opened the scoring for Real early on, a few minutes after Bellingham went off with what appeared to be a hamstring injury. Rayo Vallecano fought back, and levelled just after the break through Jorge de Frutos. Mbappe and Eduardo Camavinga hit the woodwork for Real, while Vallecano were reduced to 10 men with 10 minutes of normal time to go when Pathe Cisse was shown a straight red card for a crude challenge on Dani Cebellos. The home fans had been agitated at times before Mbappe scored from the spot, and there was time for more drama when Pep Chavarria was shown a second yellow card and dismissed in the 103rd minute.

City were in total control at half-time as goals from Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo emphasised their domination, with Thomas Frank's team enduring another hostile reaction from their own fans. Solanke gave Spurs hope by pulling one back before he showed superb presence of mind to divert Conor Gallagher's cross, which was behind him, over City keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. It capped a comeback which seemed unthinkable at half-time, with City outclassing Spurs with embarrassing ease. City had already threatened before Cherki put them ahead, the Spurs defence allowing him to advance unchecked to send a low shot beyond the reach of keeper Guglielmo Vicario. Cherki almost added a second after a superb run and cross-shot that was diverted wide by a vital touch from Vicario. City's second seemed inevitable, eventually arriving moments before half-time when Spurs defender Radu Dragusin's poor clearance was collected by Rodri. He found Bernardo Silva, who slipped in Semenyo for a cool finish. Spurs, as so often in recent times, were jeered off at half-time but finally roused themselves after the break to at least put City under pressure. The previously unemployed Donnarumma saved superbly from Destiny Udogie before Spurs offered some hope when Solanke bundled home, although City were furious, believing he had fouled Marc Guehi. Solanke then produced a moment to live long in the memory as Spurs drew level, delivering a so-called "scorpion kick" to turn Gallagher's cross beyond Donnarumma's reach. The result left City six points behind leaders Arsenal, while Spurs, who have suffered so much misery at home this season, deserve huge credit for such a show of spirit when all seemed lost.

In a match preceded by a protest attended by 500-600 fans, according to police sources, United seemed to be cruising to victory as Brazilian duo Casemiro and Matheus Cunha put them two up with goals either side of half-time. But after Raul Jimenez pulled one back five minutes from time with a brilliant penalty into the roof of the home net, Kevin looked to have snatched a point with a thunderous strike to the top corner. However, in nine minutes of time added on mainly due to two lengthy VAR checks that resulted in United having a penalty overturned and Fulham a goal disallowed, Sesko turned on to a Bruno Fernandes pass and drilled a shot into the top corner. It took Ruben Amorim 36 Premier League games to win three in a row as United chief, his only sequence of successive victories. Carrick has taken just three and was serenaded by the home supporters as his side went back into the Premier League's top four.

Newcastle attempted to sign Ekitike in three transfer windows over the course of three and a half years, and how the visitors rued losing out to Liverpool in the race to recruit the lethal striker from Eintracht Frankfurt last summer. After scoring in the reverse fixture in August, the Frenchman came back to haunt Eddie Howe's side once again at a buoyant Anfield with two goals in two minutes before half-time. Anthony Gordon had initially opened the scoring for Newcastle with a fine finish, but Liverpool quickly showed their powers of recovery to go on and win the game comfortably thanks to a devastating double from Ekitike, a well-taken goal from Florian Wirtz and a close-range finish from an emotional Ibrahima Konate. It was Wirtz who was the architect behind the first as he danced through a crowd of black and white shirts before cutting the ball across to Ekitike to finish clinically first time at the near post. Ekitike was not finished yet and he latched on to Milos Kerkez's pass down the left channel a couple of minutes later before driving into the box and firing past Nick Pope into the bottom corner to put his side in front. Newcastle, who have not won a league game at Anfield since 1994, understandably looked a little shell-shocked as the players trudged off at half-time - but it soon got worse for the visitors after the break. Although Alisson had to be alert to parry a powerful effort from Harvey Barnes, who had struck a post when the score was goalless in the first half, it was Liverpool who went on to land the final blows. Mohamed Salah knocked the ball into Wirtz's path with a deft lay-off and the German forward swept the ball into the net from inside the box. A tearful Konate, in his first game since returning from compassionate leave following the death of his father, added a fourth following an error from Pope. Liverpool ended a five-game winless run in the league as Newcastle slipped to 10th in the table.

The reigning champions took a sixth-minute lead when Dani Olmo threaded through Lamine Yamal and the 18-year-old rounded Elche goalkeeper Inaki Pena before passing into an empty net. Elche, who last defeated Barcelona in December 1974, equalised through Alvaro Rodriguez, who beat the visitors' high line and calmly found the far corner after 29 minutes. But Hansi Flick's side restored their lead 11 minutes later when Ferran Torres blasted Frenkie De Jong's cut-back into the roof of the net. Manchester United loanee Rashford came off the bench at half-time and added a third with a tap-in following a low pass across goal from Yamal. It was Rashford's 10th goal of the season and his second in as many games after he netted against Copenhagen in the Champions League on Wednesday.Barcelona were the better side throughout and created a hatful of chances. Dani Olmo hit the woodwork in the early stages and, with the scoreline at 1-1, Torres struck the crossbar first with his boot and then with his head on the rebound. Just before the break, Torres rounded the goalkeeper but his shot was cleared off the line by Elche defender Victor Chust. The victory was Barcelona's 15th win in 16 games in all competitions. It puts pressure on second-placed Real Madrid, who have played one game fewer and could cut the Catalans' lead at the top of the table back to one point when they face local rivals Rayo Vallecano at home on Sunday (13:00 GMT).