Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Tottenham after just 17 months in charge.

The Portuguese replaced Mauricio Pochettino as Spurs manager in November 2019 and guided the club to sixth in the Premier League last season.

They are currently seventh, having picked up two points from their past three league games, and were knocked out of the Europa League in March.

Spurs face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final on 25 April.

On Sunday, Tottenham were one of six Premier League clubs to announce they were joining a new European Super League, but it is not related to Mourinho’s sacking.

Mourinho’s coaching staff of Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra have also been sacked.

Mason Greenwood says “anything is possible” in the title race after he scored twice to help Manchester United beat Burnley and close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City to eight points.

The 19-year-old saw his thumping opener after the break quickly cancelled out when James Tarkowski rose above Harry Maguire to level.

Greenwood put the hosts back in front six minutes from time with a fierce left-footed strike that deflected beyond goalkeeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell at the front post.

Edinson Cavani then tapped in from close range in stoppage time to wrap up the victory at Old Trafford.

The visitors’ direct attacking play had caused United problems of their own and they had the ball in the net after 14 seconds.

Chris Wood beat goalkeeper Dean Henderson to a floated delivery on the edge of the penalty area and headed into an empty goal, only to be correctly flagged offside.

It means Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side are now eight points behind leaders City in second place with six games to play, while Burnley remain 17th and six points above the relegation zone.

“You can never be sure,” said Greenwood about United’s hopes of catching their rivals. “They might slip up, we have to concentrate on our next games.

“Anything’s possible, hopefully they drop some points but we just have to keep focused on our games.”

Can United do the unthinkable?

“Can we catch City?” said boss Solskjaer beforehand. “Stranger things have happened in football. Bigger leads have been given away.”

The Norwegian first arrived at Old Trafford the summer after Sir Alex Ferguson’s outfit had overturned a 12-point deficit to pip Newcastle to the title in 1996.

Solskjaer’s own side trailed leaders Manchester City by 14 points last month but have now reduced that to eight with six games to play – the same advantage United boasted when City fought back to win the title on a dramatic final day in 2012.

Had United started the season better the title race may have been even closer, with the Red Devils having lost just once in their past 26 league games after slipping to three defeats in their first six.

They showed the perseverance and patience needed if they are to mount an unlikely title charge after leaving it late to beat Burnley on Sunday.

The club changed the seat coverings at Old Trafford from red to black this week to give a greater contrast to the players’ shirts on the pitch but that could not help the hosts in the first half as they lacked fluidity going forward.

Solskjaer turned to Cavani, in place of Fred, at the break and that extra attacking impetus immediately paid off as Marcus Rashford squared the ball to Bruno Fernandes and the Portugal international cleverly dummied the pass to allow Greenwood to fire beyond Peacock-Farrell.

That lead lasted all of 114 seconds as Tarkowski levelled for Sean Dyche’s side from a corner and it looked as if United may be frustrated once again by the Clarets.

But on 84 minutes Greenwood’s deflected effort squeezed into the bottom corner, making him the club’s joint-top scoring teenager in the Premier League with 15 goals, alongside Wayne Rooney, and earning praise from boss Solskjaer.

“He’s mixing up his game. He goes inside and outside, he’s maturing all the time,” said Solskjaer. “It’s lovely to see. He’s put the work in on the training ground and reaps the rewards.

“I’ve seen how mature he is on the training ground and he plays with maturity and understanding.”

It was a player at the other end of his career who added gloss to the win, with the experienced Cavani tapping in Donny van de Beek’s low pass to seal a victory that sees United match their points tally from last season.

Clarets looking over their shoulder?

Burnley ended a winless run of 20 matches at Old Trafford with victory in this fixture last season and arrived in Manchester looking to become only the second Premier League side to go unbeaten in five away games there, after Chelsea’s run of six between 1994 and 1998.

Dyche’s side stifled the hosts in the first half and posed their own threat with Wood, having already had a goal disallowed, heading Matt Lowton’s smart delivery wide and then almost turning a dropping ball in at the far post.

The visitors produced a superb response to going behind when Tarkowski met Ashley Westwood’s corner to head past Henderson as Manchester United conceded their 1,000th goal in the Premier League era.

But two late goals mean the Clarets have now picked up just one win in their last nine top-flight games and have lost three in a row, dragging them towards the bottom three.

Fulham’s draw at Arsenal means the gap between Burnley and a relegation spot is six points and Dyche will hope that has not narrowed further by the time his side visit Craven Cottage next month.

Thibaut Courtois made a number of important saves as a depleted Real Madrid held off a spirited Getafe to earn a point that keeps them in touch with La Liga leaders Atletico.

Zinedine Zidane was without several players through injury, suspension or in isolation because of Covid-19.

Courtois’ first big save came early on when he kept out Mathias Olivera’s effort from close range.

The Belgian also tipped over Nemanja Maksimovic’s deflected effort late on.

Vinicius Junior brought a save out of David Soria just before half-time but Real rarely looked like snatching victory.

The draw means Real, who beat Barcelona last weekend and knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League in midweek, are three points behind leaders Atletico and two ahead of Barcelona, who have a game in hand.

Manchester City’s bid for a historic quadruple was ended by Chelsea in Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final – with pundits highlighting Pep Guardiola’s team selection as a factor.

Games are coming thick and fast for City, as they play in the Premier League, the Carabao Cup final and the Champions League over the next 11 days.

And that hectic schedule may have played a part in Guardiola’s decision to make eight changes for the FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea at Wembley – with Hakim Ziyech giving Thomas Tuchel’s side a 1-0 win.

“There were so many changes that had a negative impact on City,” ex-Tottenham and Newcastle midfielder Jermaine Jenas said on BBC Radio 5 Live.

“The front three just didn’t function at all. I can’t believe Guardiola didn’t start his best team today.”

But how much was the outcome down to Guardiola’s selections, and how much down to Tuchel’s tactics?

Just three days before facing Chelsea, Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund to reach the Champions League semi-finals for the first time under Guardiola.

For large parts of Saturday’s semi-final, though, a much-changed City struggled to build any rhythm.

“Eight [changes] is a little bit much,” former Manchester City defender Micah Richards said on BBC One.

“City had no spark. Because of the Champions League, they looked a bit leggy. I have to give credit to Chelsea. They made them only have little chances.”

Former Arsenal defender Lee Dixon believes Guardiola may come to regret his approach for this game.

“When Guardiola looks back at this, he’ll think his team missed an opportunity,” said Dixon.

“If City have two or three trophies at the end of the season it’ll be fine, but they’ll be disappointed about this for a while.”

Barcelona scored four goals in 12 minutes – including a brilliant strike from Lionel Messi – to thrash Athletic Bilbao and win the Copa del Rey.

Barca were frustrated until the 60th minute when Antoine Griezmann turned in Frenkie de Jong’s cross before De Jong headed in himself three minutes later.

Messi then drove from his own half, exchanged twice with De Jong and found the bottom corner for Barca’s third.

Messi added his second four minutes later, sweeping in Jordi Alba’s cross.

Victory gives Barca their first trophy under manager Ronald Koeman and their first silverware since 2019.

“To win a title is important for me,” said Koeman, whose side are third in La Liga – two points behind leaders Atletico Madrid.

“Despite the changes at the club and the young players, at Barca you have to always fight for trophies.

“We have the first one and now we are going to fight to the last game in La Liga.”

For Athletic is was a second Copa del Rey final defeat in two weeks after they lost to Real Sociedad in the delayed 2020 final on 3 April.

Messi stars on good night for Barcelona

This has been a strange season for Barcelona which began with Messi saying he wanted to leave the club and has since seen a team in transition both impress and underwhelm.

In Seville, however, they were by far the better team and would have scored earlier but for two excellent saves from Unai Simon.

As ever, Messi was at the forefront of their attacking play and he capped the win with two trademark goals.

His first included the dribbling, vision and finishing we have come to expect throughout his stellar career and the second was a first-time, left-footed strike into the bottom corner also seen so often.

The question now – one posed to his team-mates at full-time – is whether this trophy, Messi’s seventh triumph in the competition, is enough to convince the Argentine to stay.

It boosts Koeman’s chances of remaining into the second year of his contract, whether or not his side succeed in their title race with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.

Manchester City are through to the semi-finals of the Champions League for only the second time after sealing victory over Borussia Dortmund in the last eight courtesy of comeback win in Germany.

Holding a 2-1 lead from the first leg, City found themselves needing to chase the tie when 17-year-old England international Jude Bellingham curled in a superb shot from the edge of the box.

Stung by the concession, the visitors threw everything they could muster at the German side, with Kevin de Bruyne smashing an effort off the bar before Riyad Mahrez saw a shot blocked on the line by the brilliant Bellingham.

The crucial breakthrough for City came early in the second half as Emre Can was penalised for handling in the box and Mahrez stepped up to fire his side ahead again in the tie.

Phil Foden sealed it, adding to the late goal he scored at the Etihad to give his side their first-leg lead with a fierce drive that found the Dortmund goal via the post.

City will face Paris St-Germain in the semi-finals, with the French side having eliminated holders Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

It is the first time City have reached the semis under current boss Pep Guardiola, who twice won the competition during his time as manager of Barcelona.

Their previous appearance in the last four came in 2015-16, when they were knocked out by Real Madrid in Manuel Pellegrini’s final season in charge.

The defeat likely ends Dortmund’s hopes of playing in next season’s Champions League, with them fifth in the Bundesliga, seven points behind fourth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt.

Liverpool’s all-conquering season that brought them the club’s first league title in 30 years seemed an age away as they were eliminated by Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final at a deserted Anfield.

Jurgen Klopp’s side, who carried all before them in the league last season, are now left with only the Premier League’s top four – and a place in Europe’s elite competition next term – to aim for if they are to salvage something from this fragmented, disappointing, injury-hit campaign.

As Zinedine Zidane’s players celebrated a professional job that saw them set up a Champions League semi-final against Chelsea, Klopp was left to ponder Liverpool’s fall from grace in the past 12 months.

He will no doubt face calls from frustrated Reds fans to revamp a squad that has served him and the club magnificently in recent seasons – indeed the social media jury was already delivering that knee-jerk verdict moments after elimination.

The manager, quite rightly, will guard against over-reaction. Liverpool have achieved too much and have too many high-class players for that – but that does not mean he does not have serious questions to consider.

So does this Liverpool squad really need a major overhaul, or just minor renewal?

A team as good as Liverpool have been seems an unlikely candidate for an extensive rebuild – but fresh faces can create momentum, renewal and a new mood, and this group has been together a long time.

When Liverpool and Real met in the Champions League final in Kyiv in 2018, Klopp’s line-up included seven of those who started at Anfield on Wednesday.

And in those intervening three years Liverpool have continued to lean heavily on those seven starters from Kyiv on all fronts.

They have been carrying a very heavy workload for a long time and while the likes of Diogo Jota, who has been excellent, and Thiago Alcantara, who has not, have lightened the load in phases this season, Liverpool’s squad and best starting line-up still has a very familiar look to it. It is inevitable it has taken its toll.

Injuries have been the backdrop to all of Liverpool’s efforts this season and their inspirational leader – and one of the world’s finest central defenders – Virgil van Dijk is expected to be fit for the start of next season after the serious knee injury that has kept him out since September.

Joe Gomez, another fine talent, should also be back after a similar injury but there is no question a central defensive reinforcement is required. It remains to be seen whether it will be Ozan Kabak, currently on loan from Schalke, or RB Leipzig’s outstanding 24-year-old Ibrahima Konate. Nat Phillips has been excellent but Klopp needs more strength and quality.

Klopp has plenty of resources in midfield but Georginio Wijnaldum’s reluctance to sign a new contract points towards his departure while Jordan Henderson, still a huge influence at 30, has been sorely missed in his injury absences.

Thiago was meant to be a tempo-dictating game-changer after arriving from last season’s Champions League winners Bayern Munich but he has struggled, and it was significant that he did not start in either leg of this quarter-final when these looked like the sort of games he had been signed to play in.

Liverpool are relaxed about any speculation on Mohamed Salah’s future. The Egyptian is 29 in June but is still of such world class that he would command a huge fee. It would be a major shock if any situation developed where he left Anfield this summer.

The complications may arise if Liverpool fail to reach next season’s Champions League, a real possibility as they currently stand sixth, three points behind surprise package West Ham in fourth.

The idea of dropping into Europe’s lesser competitions may exercise the minds of the likes of Salah.

Jota has been a major success since his £45m summer arrival from Wolves and Liverpool will look to him to offer competition, respite and support for their main three forwards next season – although Roberto Firmino’s indifferent form means he may face a real fight for his place from the Portuguese.

But even if Liverpool do not finish in the Champions League places this is a time for measured judgements and careful recruitment, rather than for tearing down the monument to success that has brought Klopp and his players the European and domestic glory in the two preceding seasons.

As Mauricio Pochettino celebrated with his Paris St-Germain players after their Champions League victory over Bayern Munich, his opposite number Hansi Flick cut a frustrated figure.

A result that feels like a launchpad for one manager’s tenure has all the hallmarks of an ending for the other.

Just three months on from taking the PSG job, Pochettino – whose side have faltered in Ligue 1 – is making his mark on the European stage, with Tuesday’s end result an especially sweet one against the side that beat the French club in last season’s final.

In contrast, the final in Lisbon eight months ago now feels like the peak for Flick’s Bayern, with their exit from this season’s competition and disagreements between club hierarchy and coach likely to spell the end for the 56-year-old.

BBC Sport takes in the reaction to Tuesday’s game and looks at the ramifications of a big result for two huge clubs.

“It was a really tough match and I’m really happy because the players deserve the credit and we’re so happy for them, the club and the president,” Pochettino told BT Sport after the away-goals win, speaking to a harmony that now exists at PSG.

The club’s progress over the past two years is there for all to see.

Having reached the semi-finals of the Champions League only once in 11 previous campaigns, they have now made the last four twice in succession.

They have also exorcised two of the demons from past failures in this season’s Champions League, beating Barcelona, who came back from 4-0 down to knock them out in the round of 16 in 2017, and now Bayern.

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League with a broken finger, his Rajasthan Royals team say.

The Royals say Stokes, 29, was injured while fielding during their four-run loss to Punjab Kings on Monday.

England say their medical staff are in contact and Stokes will have a second X-ray “in the next 24-48 hours” to assess the seriousness of the injury.

“I’m devastated,” Stokes told the Mirror.

“To suffer a broken finger in the very first game is just devastating.”

England’s next fixture is the first Test against New Zealand starting on 2 June.

The IPL runs until 30 May with the possibility of England players missing the New Zealand Test if their side qualifies for the latter stages.

England bowler Jofra Archer, another Royals player, has missed the start of the tournament because of an elbow injury and returned to training on Monday in a bid to prove his fitness.

The Royals say Stokes will remain in India to support the rest of squad and they will review replacement options.

Monday’s defeat was their first game of this year’s IPL with Stokes bowling one over for 12 before being dismissed for a three-ball duck.

After the two-Test New Zealand series, England’s year also includes a home Test series against India, a Twenty20 World Cup and the Ashes in Australia in the winter.

Saturday night’s bruising Clásico may have set the scene for Real Madrid’s second leg of the Champions League quarter-final in Liverpool, but it didn’t help with the injury situation.

As we all know now, Lucas Vázquez’s injury turned out to be a tear of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) of the left knee, sustained in a heavy challenge which is typical of the injury mechanisms for knee injuries of this nature.

There will no doubt be ongoing discussions over the next few days regarding the forward management of Lucas’ injury, since PCL surgery can be complicated and the club will want to ensure the correct pathway is followed.

The reason for mentioning this is that not all PCL injuries go down the surgical route. The tricky nature of the operation often means that many surgeons will go for the physiotherapy and rehabilitation option instead, and although this can turn out to be the correct decision, the choice of which pathway to follow needs careful consideration.

It’s important to get this right at the assessment stage, and although the option to operate is one that can always be taken up at a later date, any delay in going to surgery will invariably affect the outcome in terms of returning to play.

Such is the importance of making the correct decision, it might even be later in the week before that decision is taken.

With the game not being played until Wednesday, Zinedine Zidane will at least have an extra day to assess the injury situation in general. Real’s players went through a rest and recovery session on Sunday morning and trained on Monday behind closed doors with several players still feeling the effects of Saturday’s game.

Fede Valverde was replaced by Marco Asensio after an hour against Barça and was also clearly struggling at time up. Having only returned to full training 48 hours before the first leg against Liverpool he did well to compete for that hour against Barça.

Being replaced by Marco Asensio on Saturday night was a reversal of the roles against Liverpool when Fede made his entry from the bench, and it just shows how incredibly difficult coming back from injury can be.

Being able to ease himself back into playing mode with some game time in the last week will have helped, but Fede will likely be only one of several players Zidane et al will have been assessing in the past 48 hours.

He didn’t take part in Real’s training on Monday morning and will continue to have treatment over the next 24 hours.

Although none of Zidane’s triple substitutions appeared to have been made for injury reasons, it will probably be late in the day before there is some clarity over who is likely to be fit for Anfield and who isn’t.

Taking into account the weather conditions in Madrid on Saturday night, the Barça game was always going to be a test of players’ fitness. Every time there was a stoppage the players could be seen desperately trying to keep warm until play resumed. All this takes its toll on the players and of course, there will be no let-up.

Zidane’s rotation system is currently being tested to its limit and now that Lucas Vázquez has joined Sergio Ramos and Dani Carvajal on the sidelines it’s just another challenge for Zidane and his staff to address.

As everyone knows, Real are unlikely to be given a warm welcome on Wednesday night as a result of the fall-out from the final in Kyiv three years ago, but it was extremely disappointing to see Jürgen Klopp fan the flames before the first leg with his comments about the Alfredo de Stéfano.

Zidane refused to be drawn and in doing so treated the criticism of the de Stéfano with the contempt he felt it deserved, but others were not so diplomatic.

Real’s former Sporting Director Jorge Valdano didn’t waste any time in taking the bait with his response about the current stadium developments at the Bernabéu and was less than flattering about Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium in response.

Even Barça coach Ronald Koeman admirably came out in support of Real’s current use of the Castilla stadium, a facility many clubs in La Liga (and elsewhere) would be glad to be able to avail themselves of.

The fact that Koeman felt strongly enough about Klopp’s comment to respond as he did speaks volumes about the standard of Real’s facilities. It seems to be just another example of the post-Kyiv reaction that has been simmering since the draw was made.

Injuries apart, Real need to rise above all of this and focus on getting a result at Anfield

UEFA have appointed Dutch referee Bjorn Kuipers as the referee in charge of Wednesday’s clash between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the return leg of the Champions League Quarterfinals.

Per Realmadrid.com
Björn Kuipers will referee the Liverpool-Real Madrid match at Anfield, in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals (Wednesday, 9pm CEST). The Dutchman will referee our team for the eighth time in this competition. The last game was this season’s group stage matchday six encounter against Borussia Mönchengladbach at the Alfredo Di Stéfano, which Real Madrid won 2-0.

The first Real Madrid game he refereed was in 2011/12, in the first leg of the round of 16 against CSKA in Moscow (1-1). In 2012/2013 he refereed the first leg of the semi-finals against Borussia Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park (4-1) and in the 2013/14 season he was in charge of the La Décima final against Atlético de Madrid (4-1).

In 2017/18 he oversaw Real Madrid’s win in matchday two of the Group Stage against Borussia Dortmund (1-3) and the first leg of the semi-finals in Munich against Bayern (1-2). The following season he refereed Real Madrid’s 3-0 win over Roma at the Santiago Bernabéu in the first match of the Champions League group stage.

This return leg will be a very intense match between both sides, so having an experienced referee like Kuipers will help both sides.

Real Madrid have a 3-1 lead on aggregate, so Liverpool will need to win at least 2-0 in order to advance to the Semifinals. Los Blancos will be without Lucas Vazquez, who was set to start as the right-back but suffered and injury in El Clasico.

Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué and Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric had a brief argument right after the final whistle of Saturday’s El Clasico, which ended 2-1 for Los Blancos.

Movistar+ caught the discussion on camera as the players were leaving the pitch of the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano. Pique was greeting and congratulating Real Madrid’s players while waiting for the referee and Modric wanted to have none of it.

“You’re waiting for the referee to complain, huh?” asked Modric as he passed by Pique.

The defender replied by saying that the referee only added four minutes to the game and Modric quickly responded:

Real Madrid are now one point ahead of Barcelona in the table and have equaled Atletico de Madrid’s 66 points, although Simeone’s men visit Betis on Sunday and have the chance to regain control of the table.

Matteo Darmian was the unlikely hero as Inter Milan beat Cagliari to extend their Serie A lead to 11 points.

The former Manchester United full-back tapped home Achraf Hakimi’s cross with 14 minutes remaining to seal an 11th successive victory.

Strugglers Cagliari had frustrated Inter who saw defender Stefan de Vrij head against the bar after 68 minutes.

Antonio Conte’s side now require 16 points from eight games to win their first league title since 2009-10.

AC Milan are second, with Juventus – who have won the past nine titles – one point behind them after a 3-1 win over Genoa.

Dejan Kulusevski gave Andrea Pirlo’s side the lead with a clever finish and Alvaro Morata made it 2-0 after Cristiano Ronaldo hit the post.

Gianluca Scamacca headed in for Genoa but Weston McKennie slotted home to make the game safe.

Jesse Lingard continued his stunning form with West Ham by scoring twice in the first half to set the Hammers on course for a crucial victory over fellow Champions League hopefuls Leicester City.

The two sides came into the weekend occupying the last two Champions League spots, before wins for Chelsea and Liverpool on Saturday nudged West Ham down to sixth place.

But David Moyes’ men showed they are up for the challenge of qualifying for Europe’s top club competition for the first time, going 3-0 up and holding on during a late Leicester rally to climb back into fourth.

The Hammers took the lead as Arthur Masuaku’s cross went through to right-back Vladimir Coufal, who cut back for Lingard to sweep the ball inside Kasper Schmeichel’s near post from the edge of the box.

Jarrod Bowen then beat the offside trap to race on to Issa Diop’s long ball and square for Lingard to tap into an empty net for his eighth goal in nine Premier League games since arriving on loan from Manchester United.

The 28-year-old forward, whose recent form earned him an England recall, then played a part in West Ham’s third goal right after half-time as Bowen poked in from Tomas Soucek’s pass to round off a clinical team move.

Kelechi Iheanacho pulled a goal back to give the visitors hope, before grabbing his 11th goal in 11 games in stoppage time, but the Hammers ensured they did not surrender a 3-0 lead for the second straight home game and move within a point of third-placed Leicester.

With Declan Rice set to be out until May, club captain Mark Noble has returned to the Hammers’ midfield at a pivotal stage of the season.

The 33-year-old led by example during Monday’s 3-2 win at Wolves and did so again during his 400th Premier League game for West Ham – and 524th in all competitions – before going off after injuring his wrist making a desperate block late on.

The Hammers were a Championship side when Noble made his league debut in January 2005. Now they could finish in the top four of English football’s top flight for the first time since 1985-86.

The man known as ‘Mr West Ham’ signed a one-year extension in March, saying he will leave at the end of 2021-22, and said before Sunday’s game that he is relishing the prospect of playing Champions League football in his 18th and final season with the club.

Along with the graft of a long-serving club servant, the guile of short-term signing Lingard has helped cement West Ham’s status as genuine top-four contenders.

A poor lay-off by Coufal denied him the chance of scoring another goal in the first half, while Lingard crossed for Diop to head home after the break, only to see it disallowed for offside.

It seems it is no longer a question of whether Lingard will make England’s European Championship squad this summer, but whether he will start.

Lingard’s only league goal last season came as Manchester United dashed Leicester’s Champions League hopes on the final day. Helping West Ham make the top four this time round would surely make up the mind of England manager Gareth Southgate, who was watching at London Stadium.

Manchester United inflicted further damage on Tottenham’s hopes of making the Premier League’s top four as they came from behind to secure a fully deserved victory.

Spurs went into this game knowing victory would keep them in touch with the Champions League places but another colourless performance led to what could be an expensive defeat.

Edinson Cavani thought he had given United a first-half lead with a smooth finish from Paul Pogba’s pass but the goal was controversially ruled out by referee Chris Kavanagh following a video assistant referee consultation after Scott McTominay caught Son Heung-min with his trailing arm.

United’s sense of injustice was increased when Son put Spurs ahead before the break but the visitors recovered impressively for a win that leaves them 11 points behind leaders Manchester City with a game in hand.

Fred was involved in the build-up and conclusion of the equaliser after 57 minutes, pouncing after Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris had saved well from Cavani.

And Cavani finally got the goal his superb movement and constant menace deserved with 11 minutes left when he launched himself to head beyond Lloris from substitute Mason Greenwood’s cross. Greenwood completed the formalities with virtually the last kick of the game as he provided a finish that was too powerful for Lloris at his near post.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off for dissent as AC Milan beat Parma to maintain their slim Serie A title hopes.

The 39-year-old Sweden striker was shown a straight red card after an hour for saying something to the referee, with his side 2-0 up.

He had set up Ante Rebic for the first and was involved in Franck Kessie’s goal just before the break.

Riccardo Gagliolo gave Parma hope but Rafael Leao clinched it in injury time.

“Zlatan told me that he argued with the referee and it lasted some time,” Milan coach Stefano Pioli told Sky Sport Italia. “He assured me that he did not disrespect him and above all he did not offend.”

Milan are eight points behind leaders Inter Milan, who face Cagliari on Sunday.

Before the game, Milan technical director Paolo Maldini said Ibrahimovic was close to signing a new deal with the club.

Real Madrid moved top of La Liga with victory over Barcelona in an El Clasico played in torrential rain at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium.

Karim Benzema broke the deadlock with a sublime near-post flick – his ninth goal in his past seven La Liga games.

Real doubled their lead before half-time through Toni Kroos’ deflected free-kick.

Oscar Mingueza pulled one back for Barca before Madrid’s Casemiro was shown a late red card.

Barca midfielder Ilaix Moriba’s well-struck shot came back off the crossbar in stoppage time as the hosts held on.

The result takes Real above city rivals Atletico Madrid because of their superior head-to-head record.

Atletico, who led La Liga by 10 points as recently as 31 January, can reclaim top spot with victory at Real Betis on Sunday.

Manager Zinedine Zidane’s “every game is a final” mantra has served Real well in recent weeks – they had dropped only four points in their previous nine La Liga outings going into Saturday’s crucial game.

Benzema’s goals have been key in helping them cut the gap to rivals Atletico at the top of the table, and the Frenchman produced another exquisite finish to give Zidane’s side an early lead.

The 33-year-old was first to Lucas Vazquez’s low cross towards the near post, squeezing a backheeled flick past Marc-Andre ter Stegen for his 25th goal in 35 appearances this season.

Barcelona, who had revived their own title aspirations with 16 wins and three draws from their previous 19 La Liga fixtures, dominated possession but fell further behind when Kroos’ free-kick took a deflection off Sergino Dest on its way past Ter Stegen.

Federico Valverde could have made it 3-0 before half-time, but his fierce drive across goal came back off the inside of the far post.

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman switched from a 3-5-2 to a 4-3-3 formation in the second half and the move paid off 15 minutes after the restart, Mingueza turning Jordi Alba’s cross past Thibaut Courtois to set up a tense finish.

Vinicius Junior was denied by the post as Real threatened to restore their two-goal advantage, before Lionel Messi – who had rattled the woodwork in the first half with an inswinging corner – struck the wall from a free-kick on the edge of the box.

Barcelona had a penalty appeal turned down when Martin Braithwaite went to ground under Ferland Mendy’s challenge, before a late tackle on Mingueza earned Casemiro a second yellow card.

The visitors almost snatched a draw in second-half stoppage time when Moriba thumped a loose ball against Courtois’ crossbar, but Real held on to record three consecutive El Clasico wins for the first time since 1978.

Manchester United took a big step towards the Europa League semi-finals with an away win over Granada in the first leg of their last-eight tie.

Marcus Rashford put United ahead when he superbly collected Victor Lindelof’s long pass and slid a finish past home goalkeeper Rui Silva.

Yangel Herrera, on loan from Manchester City, hit the outside of the post for the Spanish side and ex-Tottenham striker Roberto Soldado also fired wide.

United doubled their lead late on when Bruno Fernandes squeezed a penalty past Silva after Yan Brice fouled the Portuguese midfielder.

The second leg is at Old Trafford in a week’s time with the aggregate winners advancing to a semi-final against either Ajax or Roma, with the Italian side leading that tie 2-1 after the first leg in the Netherlands.

United have now only lost one of their past 17 matches in all competitions, but will be without midfielder Scott McTominay, left-back Luke Shaw and central defender Harry Maguire for the second leg as they will all be suspended after picking up bookings in Spain.

Slavia Prague scored a dramatic stoppage time equaliser to leave Arsenal’s Europa League ambitions hanging in the balance.

Substitute Nicolas Pepe thought he had earned the Gunners a slender quarter-final first-leg advantage when he broke the deadlock in the 86th minute.

But Tomas Holes headed home in the dying moments of the game from close range to give Slavia Prague a precious away goal.

The second leg in Prague takes place next Thursday (20:00 BST) and Gunners boss Mikel Arteta, despite his side conceding so late, still believes they will progress to the semi-finals.

“The mindset has to be to go there and score goals and win the game because we have to score if we want to go through,” said the Spaniard.

“I totally believe that we can go there and win the match, if not I wouldn’t be sitting here.”

Arteta stated he was in “shock” after his side’s tame 3-0 surrender to Liverpool last weekend, a performance which brought stinging criticism from both fans and pundits.

He reacted by making six changes – three of which were forced because of injuries – to his starting line-up, with captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the most high-profile casualty.

“Well, I cannot talk with everybody individually every week,” Arteta replied when asked how Aubameyang reacted to being dropped.

“We try to be transparent and communicate with the players as transparent as possible, for them to understand the role of the game that they have. When he came on he showed the right attitude.”

Aubameyang, who has 13 league and cup goals for his club this season but none since 6 March, cut a frustrated figure as he watched Willian, from a free-kick, clip the outside of the post before Alexandre Lacazette raced through, only to hit the bar.

Aubameyang was finally sent on after 78 minutes and made an impact as his pass allowed club-record £72m signing Pepe to race into the box and produce a composed finish past keeper Ondrej Kolar.

But Arsenal failed to see the game out and Holes’ back-post header means Arteta’s side have it all to do against the 2019-20 Czech champions in a week’s time.

The Spanish Football Federation have appointed referee Mateu Lahoz as the man in charge of Saturday’s meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona in what will be the last El Clasico of the 2020-2021 season.

This will be a decisive game, given that both sides are fighting to cut Atletico de Madrid’s current lead in the table. Mateu Lahoz’s style is unusual, as he tends to allow teams to play with intensity and physicality, contrary to what some of his other colleagues do in La Liga.

Real Madrid beat FC Barcelona 1-3 at the Camp Nou last October. This time, Los Blancos will have to play the game just four days after beating Liverpool 3-1 and barely three days before the return leg at Anfield, so coach Zinedine Zidane and his staff will need to make sure that every player is fresh and ready to go, given that Barcelona will be rested.