Spain: David Beckham and Michael Owen were both on target last night as Real Madrid hammered a Levante side, that included Ireland's Ian Harte in their line-up, 5-0 at the Bernabeu.
Ronaldo had given the Galacticos the lead just before half-time before three goals in four second-half minutes - capped by Beckham's long-range thunderbolt - finished off the visitors.
Luis Figo scored the second five minutes after the interval and Ronaldo bagged a second before the England captain lashed home a ferocious right-footed shot from 25 yards. Owen, a 67th-minute substitute for Raul, chipped in the fifth two minutes from time after running on to a pass from Guti.
The win kept Real in second place in the standings, seven points behind leaders Barcelona who claimed a nervous 2-1 win over Getafe on Saturday.
The Catalans went 2-0 up at the break thanks to a fiercely struck free-kick from Mexican international Rafael Marquez and a superb strike from Portugal midfielder Deco.
But they had to endure a nervous half hour after Gica Craioveanu pulled a goal back early in the second half before the pressure was eased when the Romanian was sent off seven minutes from time for a foul on Deco.
Espanyol, who beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 on Saturday, are in third, a further two points behind and Real Betis moved up to fourth after their 2-1 win at home to Villarreal.
Osasuna produced one of the results of the day when they hammered high-flying Sevilla 4-1 at home, a win that pushed them up to sixth, while Deportivo La Coruna are in seventh after surrendering a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at home to Real Sociedad.
Italy: Inter Milan fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with leaders Juventus in the Derby d'Italia at the San Siro stadium with Brazilian Adriano grabbing an 85th-minute equaliser.
Although the result means Inter maintain their record as the only unbeaten side in Serie A, their 11th draw from 13 matches leaves them down in seventh place still 15 points behind Juve.
The happiest team yesterday were second placed AC Milan who won 1-0 at Chievo with a Hernan Crespo goal and were able to close the gap on Juve to four points.
Crespo, on loan from Chelsea, had not scored until last week's Italian Cup win at Palermo, but now has four goals in three games after his Champions League double against Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday and the winner at the weekend.
After a scrappy first half, Juve went ahead in the 53rd minute when a long-range shot from European Footballer of the Year Pavel Nedved deflected off Uruguayan striker
Marcelo Zalayeta and beat the wrong-footed Francesco Toldo.
And Juve doubled their lead when Zalayeta was brought down inside the area by Toldo and Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic squeezed his penalty under Toldo.
Inter coach Roberto Mancini responded with a radical double substitution, taking off Dutch midfielders Andy van der Meyde and Edgar Davids and throwing on forwards Christian Vieri and Alvaro Recoba to create a four-pronged attack.
The move paid off in the 79th minute when Vieri fired home a fine diagonal shot from the left to bring Inter back into the game and then five minutes from the end Adriano volleyed in a cross from Nigerian Obafemi Martins.