We continue to bring you action from the other top leagues around the continent, with action from the four national leagues around the North Atlantic.
Scotland:
Celtic and Rangers were both held in Scotland as Motherwell put some distance between themselves and Celtic in third.
While Celtic finished 3-3 at Killie, Rangers stumbled 1-1 at home to St. Mirren. Celtic, who had lost at Hearts last week, fell behind 3-0 at Kilmarnock to goals from former Arsenal youth striker Dean Shiels, Paul Heffernen and James Fowler all scored. However the fight back started with just 15 minutes left as another former Arsenal striker Anthony Stokes, scored a double before Charles Mulgrew scored the equaliser after 80 minutes.
For Rangers, Nikica Jelavic's opening striker was levelled by Gary Teale's injury time strike after 90 minutes. They remain seven points clear of Motherwell with 29 points from 11 games. St. Johnstone, Hearts and Aberdeen all won their games as the former two are just a point behind Celtic in the table. Scottish strikers Steven Naismith and Garry O'Connor lead the scoring charts with eight and seven goals respectively.
Belgium:
The big derby on Sunday between Anderlecht and Standard Liege ended in a resounding victory for the home side. Anderlecht ran riot over their opponents, winning 5-0, while getting goals from five different scorers including Matias Suarez and Milan Jovanovic. Earlier on Sunday, another top six clash between Club Brugge and Gent went the way of Brugge, 2-0 as Thomas Meunier and Bjorn Vleminckx both scored. Anderlecht have now won five in a row and remain atop the table.
On Saturday, Defending Champions went down to a shock defeat at Lokeren 3-1 after taking the lead through Christian Benteke, who was later dismissed. Niil De Pauw, Ibrahima Gueye and Ayanda Patosi all scored to turn things around for the home side. Genk have now lost two games in a row after picking up points in seven of their first eight games.
Beerschot, Lierse and Cercle Brugge were the other winners, with each notching crucial away win. Leuven and Westerlo tied 1-1. Mons continued their auspicious start with another win, defeating Kortrijk 3-1 at home. League leading scorer Jeremy Perbet scored again and now has 11 goals from 10 games.
Holland:
The top of the table clash between Ajax and AZ ended in a 2-2 draw at Amsterdam. Brett Holman and Roy Beerens had given the visitors a 2-0 lead before Miralem Sulejmani, from the spot and Theo Janssen rescued a point with just eight minutes to go. Eyong Eno had been dismissed for the home side.
PSV beat Utrecht 1-0 with a goal from Swedish striker Ola Toivonen. Twente were the big winners hammering Waalwijk 4-0 away as Mark Janko notched a hat-trick and Wout Brama got the fourth. Heracles beat Groningen to continue their ascent into the top seven spots with their second win in a row and are now unbeaten in four games.
On Sunday, Vitesse continued their impressive form with another away win at NEC, in a game that saw three players dismissed for a fight as Vitesse finished with nine and NEC had ten. Meanwhile Roda, 4-1 over Den Haag and Feyenoord, 4-0 over VVV, both racked up big wins at home. Bottom side Excelsior lost again, this time at NAC, going down 2-0.
Despite his hat trick, Austrian striker Mark Janko still trails leading scorer Dries Mertens, 10 goals to 11, after nine games.
Portugal did not schedule any games this weekend.
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