The England international Jude Bellingham scored twice as Borussia Dortmund hammered Wolfsburg 6-0 to stay firmly in the Bundesliga title race.
Bellingham bagged both of his goals in the second half as Dortmund moved to within a point of Bayern Munich at the top of the table. Karim Adeyemi also scored a brace, with Sébastian Haller and Donyell Malen getting on the scoresheet in the first half.
“We are satisfied today but a long way from happy,” said the Dortmund coach, Edin Terzic. “But if we go into the next games with such readiness then we have good chances of winning the last three games.
“It was a good sign today but it will mean nothing if we don’t build on it. Three weeks left, three matches, two at home. If we win the last three and maybe take the lead first in the final game then we have increased the pressure.
“This season feels crazy and we will hope to keep it crazy until the end and to have something to celebrate.”
In Ligue 1, Lyon beat Montpellier 5-4 with an injury-time winner from the penalty spot after Alexandre Lacazette and Elye Wahi scored four goals each.
Lacazette opened the scoring in the first half before Wahi scored four goals in the span of 15 minutes either side of half-time to give the visitors a 4-1 lead. Lacazette responded with two more goals while Dejan Lovren also scored as Lyon erased the three-goal cushion to make it 4-4.
The French striker then stepped up for a spot-kick in the 10th minute of injury time and fired his effort into the top corner for his fourth goal to spark wild celebrations at the Groupama Stadium.
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Napoli showed no after-effects of their wild Serie A title celebrations as they beat Fiorentina 1-0. Luciano Spalletti’s side sealed their first title success in 33 years in midweek and the celebrations were long, but Victor Osimhen’s 74th-minute penalty ensured there was no hangover.
They remain 17 points clear of Juventus, who strengthened their second-place hopes with a 2-0 win over Atalanta. Second-half goals from Samuel Iling-Junior and Dusan Vlahovic moved them two points ahead of third-placed Lazio with four games of the season to go.
