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Updated Tuesday, November 24, 2009 12:59 am TWN, Reuters

Defoe's 5 helps Spurs light up Wigan; Real top La Liga

Jose Mourinho's men won 3-1 at Bologna and the result was never in doubt once Mario Balotelli put the champions 2-1 up just before the break. Second-placed Juventus, five behind Inter after 13 games, scraped a 1-0 home win over Udinese with Fabio Grosso netting early in the second half and Alessandro Del Piero returning from a long injury layoff.

AC Milan in third beat Cagliari 4-3 at the San Siro but were 2-1 down after half an hour. Ronaldinho helped inspire their comeback with some flashes of his old self and a penalty.

Germany

Leaders Bayer Leverkusen came from a goal down to draw 1-1 against lacklustre Bayern Munich. Mario Gomez put Bayern ahead after eight minutes but Stefan Kiessling levelled six minutes later.

Leverkusen are one point ahead of Werder Bremen who demolished promoted Freiburg 6-0 with five goals in 27 minutes and a sparkling display of attacking football.

Portuguese striker Hugo Almeida struck twice with Marko Marin and Mesut Ozil making it 4-0. Defender Naldo converted a 73rd-minute penalty before Markus Rosenberg completed the rout eight minutes from time.

Netherlands

Costa Rica forward Bryan Ruiz scored a late goal to give Twente Enschede a 1-0 home win over Vitesse Arnhem, their ninth straight league win, to stay top.

PSV Eindhoven stayed one point behind with a 4-0 home win over 10-men Heracles Almelo and third-placed Ajax Amsterdam routed Heerenveen 5-1 with all the goals coming in the first half.

Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, the championship's top scorer, converted a penalty for Ajax to take his tally to 17.

Russia

Rubin Kazan retained their league title with a match to spare after a 0-0 home draw with Zenit St. Petersburg gave them an unassailable five-point lead over Spartak Moscow, who crashed to a 3-2 derby defeat at home to CSKA.

Spartak, who lost any hope of overhauling Rubin when their keeper Soslan Dzhanayev spilled an 89th-minute shot by Tomas Necid over the line, still secured a second-placed finish and a Champions League qualifying berth next season.

Third-placed Zenit and fourth-placed Lokomotiv Moscow, who beat Dynamo Moscow 2-0, are level on points ahead of the final day which will decide the last remaining Champions League qualifying spot.

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	VfL Bochum's Christoph Dabrowski, right, clears the ball before Hamburg SV's David Jarolim, 2nd left, during their German Bundesliga first division soccer match in Hamburg, Sunday, Nov. 22. (Reuters) More Photos (2)


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