Real roar ahead

REAL MADRID took another step towards the La Liga title after sweeping aside Alaves.

Karim Benzema, Isco and Nacho sealed a 3-0 win for the leaders.

Sevilla slipped out of the top three after being held 0-0 by Sporting Gijon, while Valencia cruised past Deportivo La Coruna 3-0.

In Italy, AC Milan’s European hopes suffered a setback when they were held 1-1 at rock-bottom Pescara.

Rookie goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma missed Gabriel Paletta’s back pass and the ball flew straight in.

Mario Pasalic levelled but ® Milan failed to find a winner. Genoa fans turned their backs to the pitch in protest during a 5-0 home defeat by Atalanta.

Diego Falcinelli injured himself celebrating after his late goal at Chievo gave Crotone their first-ever Serie A away win.

Wolfsburg striker Mario Gomez struck a seven minute hat-trick to secure a 3-3 draw at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.

Leaders Bayern Munich crushed Augsburg 6-0 to maintain a 13-point gap at the top over RB Leipzig, who won 4-0 at bottom side Darmstadt 98.

P W D L F A Pt Juventus ................ 29 24 1 4 59 19 73 Roma ...................... 30 22 2 6 66 26 68 Napoli ..................... 29 19 6 4 68 32 63 Lazio ...................... 30 18 6 6 52 31 60 Atalanta ................. 30 18 4 8 51 33 58 Inter Milan .............. 29 17 4 8 55 31 55 AC Milan ................ 30 16 6 8 43 33 54 Fiorentina .............. 30 14 9 7 47 37 51 Sampdoria ............. 29 11 8 10 35 34 41 Torino .................... 30 10 11 9 56 50 41 Chievo .................... 30 11 5 14 35 43 38 Udinese .................. 30 10 7 13 38 40 37 Cagliari .................. 30 10 5 15 39 59 35 Bologna ................. 30 9 7 14 29 43 34 Sassuolo ................ 30 9 4 17 37 48 31 Genoa .................... 30 7 8 15 30 48 29 Empoli .................... 30 5 7 18 17 48 22 Crotone .................. 30 4 5 21 23 50 17 Palermo ................. 30 3 6 21 25 63 15 Pescara .................. 30 2 7 21 30 67 13 L F A Pt 2 74 3 81 5 54 5 52 10 43

7 41 10 37 9 47 8 42 9 29 11 40 11 44 14 41 14 32 14 33 14 31 14 23 17 31 17 24 20 29 28 68 25 63 23 58 34 58 40 49 23 48 33 47 41 44 40 43 36 40 45 38 45 35 51 33 46 31 47 27 46 27 42 27 57 22 57 19 69 11