Trezeguet pounces to keep Juventus in control

European Round-up : David Trezeguet struck twice to keep leaders Juventus 10 points clear of their nearest challengers on Saturday…

European Round-up: David Trezeguet struck twice to keep leaders Juventus 10 points clear of their nearest challengers on Saturday.

The French international opened the scoring after three minutes, turning Pavel Nedved's headers past Marco Amelia, but Livorno defender Marc Pfertzel hit back in the 52nd minute at the end of a solo run. Livorno's joy ended less than a minute later when Trezeguet broke the offside trap to grab his 20th goal of the season. Alessandro Del Piero added Juve's third in the fifth and final minute of stoppage time.

Andriy Shevchenko got AC Milan's first just before half-time against Udinese and from then on, there only looked like one winner. Three goals in 11 minutes by Alberto Gilardino, Shevchenko and Clarence Seedorf sealed the 4-0 victory for second-placed Milan

Uruguay striker Alvaro Recoba gave his best performance of the season, setting up Luis Figo for Inter Milan's opening goal in the 37th minute before scoring twice in the second half to wrap up a comfortable 3-1 win over Lazio, whose consolation goal was scored by Goran Pandev in the 54th minute. Inter remain third, 12 points behind leaders Juventus.

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In Spain, leaders Barcelona continue to set the pace at the top of the Primera Division after a 2-0 victory over relegation threatened Real Sociedad.

The Catalan side stay on course for their dual objectives of domestic and Champions League titles as they swept aside Sociedad, with Henrik Larsson scoring his second goal in consecutive matches early on. Samuel Eto'o wrapped up the points with a second-half strike.

Real Madrid failed to close the gap on the leaders by drawing 0-0 with Real Betis last night.

Valencia slipped up yesterday when they were beaten 2-1 by mid-table Racing Santander and drop to third in the table.

Osasuna strengthened their grip on fourth place with a 4-2 win away to King's Cup finalists Espanyol.