Alvaro Arbeloa's side, playing for the first time since being knocked out of the Champions League quarter-finals by Bayern Munich, ended a run of two league games without a win. But Barca have the chance to reinstate their nine-point lead on Wednesday evening when they host Celta Vigo, with just six games to go. Real are on course for only their fifth trophyless season this century - 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10, and 2020-21 being the only four. But with Arbeloa's future reportedly uncertain, winning La Liga may be the only way he keeps his job for next season. It was French striker Mbappe who opened the scoring at the Bernabeu in the 30th minute, with a smart finish for his 24th league goal of the season. Six minutes into the second half, Brazil winger Vinicius doubled Real's lead. He latched onto Federico Valverde's pass to smash into the bottom corner for his 12th of the campaign. Alaves halved the deficit with the last kick of the game through strikerTony Martinez netted. Real still have to travel to Barcelona in May for La Liga's second El Clasico of the season, but are relying on Hansi Flick's leaders to slip up elsewhere. Up next for Real is a trip to Real Betis on Friday night, while Alaves host Mallorca a day later.

Goals from Ferdi Kadioglu, Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck lifted Brighton into sixth place, while Chelsea have now lost five consecutive league matches without scoring for the first time since 1912. Brighton overwhelmed Chelsea in the opening stages of the match. Kaoru Mitoma almost replicated his goal at Tottenham last weekend, volleying Pascal Gross' shot first time, only for Robert Sanchez to make the save inside the opening two minutes. Brighton then scored from the resulting corner when Kadioglu struck a low volley after capitalising on a loose attempted clearance by Jorrel Hato from Gross' delivery in the third minute. The chances kept coming for the hosts. Jan Paul van Hecke's header was saved, Hinshelwood had an effort cleared off the line after a calamitous wayward pass from Sanchez, while Georginio Rutter fired over when from inside the box. Chelsea were eventually punished again, as Hinshelwood made amends by sweeping home Brighton's second goal in the 56th minute from Rutter's pass. Such was the one-way traffic, Chelsea managed just one attempt of any kind in the opening 40 minutes - a speculative, blocked effort from Trevoh Chalobah on the edge of the box. Chants of "we've had a shot" followed from the away supporters after Romeo Lavia fired wide shortly after half-time, before frustration turned towards head coach Rosenior. There were late attempts from Alejandro Garnacho and fellow substitute Marc Guiu, who both fired wide late on, but Brighton could have scored more in the second half through two saved Kadioglu shots. And they did get a third when two subsitutes combined down the left, with Maxim de Cuyper feeding Welbeck to fire home his 13th goal of the season into the roof of the net. It was a memorable night for the in-form Seagulls, who moved above Chelsea into sixth place, while the Blues look increasingly unlikely to qualify for the Champions League and could drop into the bottom half of the table once all fixtures this round have been completed.

Erling Haaland's second-half strike proved decisive on an afternoon of gripping tension to leave City only three points behind Arsenal with a game in hand. In a game where both sides created big opportunities, Rayan Cherki, who had already hit a post, showed supreme footwork and skill in a tight penalty area to put City ahead. Arsenal equalised only 107 seconds later when City keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma hesitated before striking a panic-stricken clearance in off the incoming Kai Havertz. Haaland struck a post for City after the break, while Eberechi Eze did likewise and Donnarumma saved crucially from Havertz before Haaland swooped in trademark fashion from close range to put Pep Guardiola's side back in front. Defender Gabriel saw a header deflected on to a post as Arsenal tried to respond, with Havertz missing a glorious headed chance before City closed out a win as they continue to reel in the Gunners.

The Bavarians, who have lost just once all season, needed only a point to clinch the crown after nearest challengers Borussia Dortmund suffered a defeat at Hoffenheim on Saturday night. But Stuttgart, chasing a place in next season's Champions League, threatened to spoil the party when Chris Fuhrich curled home a superb effort after 21 minutes. The hosts responded through Raphael Guerreiro 10 minutes later, before on-loan Chelsea forward Nicolas Jackson - deputising for Harry Kane - put them ahead two minutes after that. Alphonso Davies added a third nine minutes before the break, improvising well to flick the ball past Alexander Nubel from inside the area after a pass from Luis Diaz. Coming on to replace Jamal Musiala at half-time, it took Kane seven minutes to add a fourth with his 32nd league goal of the season. while Chema Andres scored a late consolation for the visitors in the 88th minute. The victory seals a 13th Bundesliga title in the past 14 seasons for Bayern and keeps their hopes of winning the treble alive, with semi-finals against Bayer Leverkusen in DFB‑Pokal and Paris St-Germain in the Champions League to come later this month.

As Virgil van Dijk headed in a 100th-minute winner, the 3,000 Liverpool supporters went wild. Yet again, Liverpool had snatched an injury-time winner against their local rivals. For the sixth time in Premier League history to be precise. In this fixture last season, it was Everton celebrating an added-time equaliser when James Tarkowski scored in the last ever Merseyside derby held at Goodison Park. Now, no matter what happens, Liverpool will always have the bragging rights of the first derby at the Hill Dickinson.