Real continued their resurgence with their most impressive victory yet under Santiago Solari, inflicting Atletico’s first home defeat of the season in a 3-1 win. A good weekend for the European champions got even better on Sunday as an injury-affected Barcelona were held to a goalless draw away to Athletic Bilbao. Barca will be grateful now for five days off, with their Champions League tie against Lyon to come next week. Injury curse rocks PSG againParis Saint-Germain appeared clear-cut favourites in December when they were paired with Manchester United in the Champions League last 16, but injuries to Neymar, and now Cavani, threaten to derail their European ambitions once more. Uruguayan Cavani sustained damage to a tendon in his hip after blasting home a first-half penalty in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Bordeaux in Ligue 1.

Source: Punch February 11, 2019 14:12 UTC