Barca, MU atop

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi celebrates one of his two goals against Levante during their Primera Liga encounter at the Ciutat de Valencia Stadium on Sunday.Photo: AFP

Barcelona maintained their three-point lead in Spain after an inspired Andres Iniesta pulled the strings in a 4-0 win at Levante and Manchester United reclaimed top spot in the Premier League after a 3-1 victory over Queens Park Rangers.
Serie A table-toppers Juventus slipped up with a 1-0 defeat at AC Milan and Paris St Germain went top of Ligue 1 following a shining performance by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
SPAIN
Champions Real Madrid slipped further off the pace when they were upset 1-0 at Real Betis on Saturday, a third defeat of the campaign for Jose Mourinho's stuttering side.
Leaders Barcelona and second-placed Atletico Madrid took full advantage of Real's stumble on Sunday, Barca winning 4-0 at Levante and Atletico thumping visiting Sevilla by the same scoreline at the Calderon.
Andres Iniesta was the star of unbeaten Barca's victory in Valencia after the Spain playmaker created two goals for Lionel Messi and one for Cesc Fabregas and netted a brilliant effort of his own in a sparkling performance.
With 13 matches played, Barca have 37 points, Atletico 34 and Real 26. Malaga are fourth on 22 after they thrashed Valencia 4-0 on Saturday, level with fifth-placed Betis and two ahead of Levante in sixth.
ENGLAND
Manchester United returned to the top of the Premier League standings with a 3-1 home win over Queens Park Rangers as champions Manchester City were held to a 0-0 draw at Chelsea in Rafa Benitez's first game in charge of the London club.
United fell a goal behind to bottom club QPR, watched by their new manager Harry Redknapp, but sealed a trademark comeback victory with three goals in eight second-half minutes from Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher and Javier Hernandez.
Spaniard Benitez received a hostile reception from the Chelsea fans after replacing Roberto Di Matteo as manager and his players struggled for inspiration at a rainy Stamford Bridge against well-organised City.
United top the table with 30 points from 13 games, one ahead of City, four clear of third-placed West Bromwich Albion, who continued their fine start with a 4-2 win at Sunderland, and five above Chelsea.
ITALY
Leaders Juventus suffered a second defeat in quick succession when they were beaten 1-0 by AC Milan after a controversial Robinho penalty.
Juve lead with 32 points from 14 matches with Inter Milan four points behind in second before their trip to Parma on Monday.
Third-placed Fiorentina left it late to grab a point in a 2-2 draw at Torino as Mounir El Hamdaoui came off the bench to score an equaliser six minutes from time.