It looked set to be a frustrating evening for the defending champions, who had 21 shots to three for Osasuna until the Brazilian forward struck the opening blow in the 70th minute. Raphinha found the bottom corner from the edge of the penalty area before converting at the back post in the 86th minute when a cross deflected into his path. Ferran Torres thought he had broken the deadlock in the 23rd minute when he beat the offside trap and headed in a Marcus Rashford cross. However, the video assistant referee (VAR) ruled out the goal because Raphinha's heel was offside during a short-corner routine in the build-up. Torres then went close when he met Lamine Yamal's dangerous inswinging cross, but the former Manchester City forward lifted his first-time effort over the crossbar. As defensive as Osasuna were, they did pose a threat on the counter-attack. Minutes into the second half Victor Munoz powered past Alejandro Balde only to fire wide with just home goalkeeper Joan Garcia to beat. Barcelona's dominance was finally rewarded when Pedri drove forward from midfield, found Raphinha and he finished past Sergio Herrera. Having ended the visitors' resistance, the 28-year-old made sure of the success in the final moments with a simple tap-in. Seven weeks ago Barcelona trailed Real Madrid by five points after a 2-1 defeat in El Clasico, but now find themselves seven points clear after winning seven consecutive league games. Real can reduce the deficit to four points if they win at Alaves on Sunday.

The 23-year-old forward, still managing a groin injury that kept him out for more than two months, opened the scoring after 21 minutes in front of England manager Thomas Tuchel. Right-back Malo Gusto, who set up Palmer's goal, added a second just before half-time. Everton dominated the opening 20 minutes, with Iliman Ndiaye having two shots on goal and James Garner also going close. But the aptly nicknamed 'Cold' Palmer calmed Chelsea's nerves after a poor start to December, which included defeats at Leeds and Atalanta and a draw at Bournemouth. Played in behind Everton's defence by Gusto, Palmer took a touch before sending goalkeeper Jordan Pickford the wrong way with a finish into the near post. Momentum then swung Chelsea's way. Alejandro Garnacho missed several chances, including shooting wide for an open goal after capitalising on substitute Carlos Alcaraz's poor back pass, moments after injured Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall came off with an injury against his former club. Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez and Everton's Jack Grealish also had opportunities before the home side doubled their lead just before the break, with Gusto reacting quickest to turn in Pedro Neto's cross. In the second half, Garnacho scooped a close-range shot over before being replaced by Jamie Gittens. Grealish had a header saved and volleyed wide - the latter a chance that should have seen him pull one back - while Ndiaye hit a late shot against the post and Trevoh Chalobah blocked another from Alcaraz inside the box. Superior finishing proved decisive for Chelsea, who consolidated fourth place in the Premier League, while Everton remain eighth having played a game more than most of their rivals.

Victory pushed the Reds up to sixth as they extended their unbeaten run to five games following a first win at Anfield since 4 November. All eyes were on Salah, who returned to the squad after he was left out for Liverpool's midweek Champions League win at Inter Milan following his extraordinary outburst last weekend at Leeds United. Named on the bench by Slot, the Egyptian forward came on in the 26th minute after defender Joe Gomez was forced off with an injury and Dominik Szoboszlai slotted in at right-back. Earlier, Gomez played his part in Liverpool's opener as his header found Ekitike, who took one touch and volleyed past Bart Verbruggen after just 46 seconds - the quickest Premier League goal of the season so far. Brighton had chances to level but failed to take them, with an outstretched leg from Alisson denying Diego Gomez, who was through on goal, before Gomez also missed an open goal after the break. And Liverpool punished Fabian Hurzeler's side for their wastefulness when Salah's corner picked out an unmarked Ekitike at the back post and he headed his second on the hour mark. It was the Frenchman's 10th goal of the season and second double in as many league games after the 3-3 draw at Leeds.

Emery named a much-changed line-up for the Europa League game after the weekend's last-gasp Premier League win over leaders Arsenal, but Evann Guessand's second goal since signing from Nice in the summer put them on their way in Switzerland. The hosts, watched by Swiss tennis great Roger Federer, were level after Flavius Daniliuc flicked home after a clever free-kick by former Liverpool and Stoke midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri. For the third successive game, Villa's decisive goal came from a substitute. After Donyell Malen scored his side's fourth in a seven-goal thriller at Brighton and Arsenal were felled by Emiliano Buendia's late goal, Youri Tielemans climbed off the bench to fire Villa to a fifth win in Europe this season. Tielemans struck from inside the D for his first club goal since May, after Buendia rolled the ball into his path. Villa's latest win keeps them on course for the last 16, with 15 points from six games and matches away to Fenerbahce and at home to Red Bull Salzburg to come. "After the last matches, a lot of wars," said a proud Emery afterwards. "Brilliant wars for us. After our victory against Arsenal, it is not easy to recover our spirit and structure and mentality to keep the same hard work. "We struggled today and the last 10 minutes they were close to drawing. But I am happy with how we got this victory."

The Scottish Cup winners knew they needed to win against the Ligue 1 side - and Sparta Prague next week - to give themselves any chance of remaining in European football after Christmas. Jimmy Thelin's side appeared to get off to the perfect start when defender Mats Knoester nodded the hosts in front, but his first Aberdeen goal was disallowed by a video assistant referee (VAR) check after the ball glanced off his arm. Should it have stood, it would have been nothing less than the Dons deserved in an impressive performance. But their profligacy proved costly. Against the run of play, and minutes after the influential Adil Aouchiche went close, Aberdeen were cut open on the counter attack and Martial Godo pounced on Nicky Devlin's fresh-air swipe to suck the energy out of Pittodrie. Still, the Scottish Premiership side probed, with Knoester powering a strong header on target while Marko Lazetic inexplicably laboured at the close-sight of goal twice. Devlin, who was captain for the night, conceded a penalty by falling into goalscorer Godo. The former England under-20 international didn't get the chance to take the spot-kick as he was immediately switched for Joaquin Panichelli to do so. He wasn't allowed to take it either, though, with Ismael Doukoure eventually being denied by a fine Dimitar Mitov stop. It didn't matter in the end, though, as Liam Rosenior's competition contenders escaped the north east of Scotland with a win while eliminating their hosts in the process.