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Dani Olmo at the double as Barcelona hit back to beat Alaves

Dani Olmo struck twice as Barcelona came from behind to win 3-1 at home against Alaves and leapfrog Real Madrid into top spot in LaLiga.

Olmo scored his first league goal since September, after Lamine Yamal had cancelled out Pablo Ibanez’s early opener for Alaves, and the Spain forward wrapped up Barca’s fourth straight league win with his second in added time.

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Hansi Flick’s side marked their 126th anniversary with victory in their second game back at the Nou Camp and moved two points clear of Real, who can regain their place at the summit with victory at Girona on Sunday.

Alexander Sorloth fired a first-half double as Atletico Madrid beat Real Oviedo 2-0 at the Metropolitano Stadium to climb up to third and within a point of city rivals Real.

Athletic Bilbao consolidated in eighth place after first-half goals from Robert Navarro and Nico Williams sealed a 2-0 win at Levante, who stay bottom after a ninth league defeat of the season.

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Osasuna defender Flavien Enzo Boyomo’s stoppage-time goal salvaged his side a 2-2 draw at Mallorca as the visitors fought back from 2-0 down to edge one point clear of the bottom three.

In the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich moved eight points clear at the top as Luis Diaz and Chelsea loanee Nicolas Jackson scored stoppage-time goals to seal a 3-1 home win against St Pauli.

Raphael Guerreiro cancelled out Andreas Hountondji’s early opener for St Pauli and Bayern – for whom Harry Kane, Lennart Karl and Tom Bischof all hit the woodwork – bounced back from their first defeat of the season in midweek against Arsenal in the Champions League.

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Borussia Dortmund leapfrogged Bayer Leverkusen into third place after a 2-1 win at the BayArena, with goals from Aaron Anselmino and Karim Adeyemi before Christian Kofane’s late effort for the hosts.

Hoffenheim moved up to fourth place with a fifth win in six league games, 3-0 at home against Augsburg, and Heidenheim secured their first away win of the season, beating Union Berlin 2-1 to climb off the foot of the table.

Said El Mala’s goal in added time earned Cologne a 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen, who had Niklas Stark sent off just before the final whistle.

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In Serie A, Rafael Leao scored the only goal as AC Milan beat Lazio 1-0 at the San Siro to return to the top of the table and extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to 13 matches.

Juventus closed the gap on the top six to a single point as they extended their unbeaten league run to five matches thanks to Kenan Yildiz’s double in a 2-1 home win against Cagliari.

Verona remain winless in all competitions this season after a 2-1 defeat at Genoa and Udinese climbed into the top half of the table with a 2-0 win at Parma.

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