European round-up: Atletico Madrid lived up to their reputation as Barcelona's bogey team when they ended the Spanish champions' 14-match winning run in the league with an emphatic 3-1 victory at the Nou Camp last night.
A classy double from Fernando Torres, which took the striker's tally to six goals in four games against Barcelona, and another from Maxi Rodriguez allowed Atletico to complete the double over the Catalans this season. Henrik Larsson pulled one back for the home team.
The defeat ended a miserable week for Frank Rijkaard's side, who were knocked out of the King's Cup by Real Zaragoza.
Valencia extended their unbeaten league run to 11 matches after a strike from leading scorer David Villa gave them a 1-0 win at Deportivo Coruna on Saturday. They are now nine points behind the leaders.
Real Madrid, who beat Espanyol 4-0 on Saturday, are third, a further point behind.
Without leading striker Samuel Eto'o and World Player of the Year Ronaldinho, who between them have scored 29 goals this season, Barcelona struggled to find their usual rhythm against a rejuvenated Atletico.
An Alessandro Del Piero goal gave Serie A leaders Juventus a laboured 1-0 win over 10-man Udinese yesterday. The result put Juventus on 62 points from 23 matches, eight ahead of Inter Milan who beat Chievo Verona 1-0.
Third placed AC Milan drew 0-0 Lazio while Fiorentina striker Luca Toni grabbed his 22nd goal in 23 matches to give his side a 1-0 win over Lecce and consolidate fourth place, also on 47 points.
