London - Everton will be without midfielder Mikel Arteta for the rest of the seas

London, Feb. 23 : Ex-Chelsea coach Jose Mourrinho believes he deserves credit for turning Manchester United into European champions.

Mourinho claims his reign at Chelsea made United up their game, resulting in them winning back the Premier League and Champions League.

Hamburg  - The new year has not been kind so far to German football giants Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen.

Champions Bayern slumped at home to Cologne on Saturday in their third defeat in four games since the Bundesliga winter break.

Werder meanwhile went down to a last-minute goal at lowly Energie Cottbus and have just one point in four games since the season resumed at the end of last month.

However on a day of thrills and spills in the Bundesliga, Bayern's unexpected defeat was again not punished by immediate rivals.

Hertha Berlin led at Wolfsburg but lost 2-1, while Hoffenheim missed a penalty in stoppage time in an entertaining 3-3 draw at VfB Stuttgart.

Madrid  - Two weeks ago everybody in Spain agreed that the battle for the Spanish Liga title was all over.

After breaking all the records in the first half of the season, Josep Guardiola's brilliant Barcelona were 12 points ahead of Real Madrid.

Samuel Eto'o, Lionel Messi, Xavi and company were breaking all the points and goals records, while waltzing through each game with elegance and authority.

Madrid  - Barcelona suffered their second league defeat of the season on Saturday 2-1 at home to lowly Espanyol, for whom ex-Barca star Ivan de la Pena was the two-goal hero.

At the same time, Real Madrid were scoring their ninth straight win by thrashing hapless Betis 6-1, with all the goals coming in a breathless first half.

These results bring the Liga race back to life because second-place Real are now just seven points behind Barca, who held a 12-point lead two weeks ago.