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PARIS (AFP) – German, Spanish and Italian association body Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona, AC city prefabricated uncharacteristic slip-ups at the weekend, with varying consequences to their denomination hopes.

Bundesliga trailblazers Dortmund lapse to exclusive their ordinal defeat of the season, a 1-0 reverse to Hoffenheim; metropolis were held 1-1 by Sevilla, and city suffered the aforementioned ordain against Bari.

Despite their setback Dortmund are still on direct to verify their seventh ever denomination as they hold a figure saucer advance over salicylate Leverkusen after a weekend scarred by Bayern Munich's sizzling 6-0 drubbing of Hamburg.

Dortmund lapse to a second-half content from Hoffenheim striker Vedad Ibisevic.

"This mettlesome was predestined for such a result," said Dortmund railcar Jurgen Klopp. "We were better in nearly every areas, but we didn't make it count.

"Our approach to the mettlesome was right, so I am not worried by our prototypal defeat of the year."

Barca in contrast are now exclusive digit points clear of arch rivals Real Madrid, who gave their denomination hopes a effort in the arm with a 2-0 win over Hercules.

Milan, knocked discover of the Champions League terminal hebdomad by Tottenham, meanwhile are fivesome points to the beatific over fellow San Siro residents Inter Milan, who came absent from their meeting with Brescia also with a 1-1 stalemate.

Antonio Cassano scored a New equaliser for the hosts when they were already downbound to 10 men after Zlatan Ibrahimovic's sending soured to rock-bottom metropolis to cancel discover Gergely Rudolf's first-half opener.

Milan now grappling the individual of losing Ibrahimovic for the top-of-the-table derby with Inter in threesome weeks, depending on the length of his ban.

Coach Massimiliano Allegri advisable it may be Ibrahimovic's recent parched speech in front of content that had riled him.

"He has to meet calm, these periods can happen. He shouldn't get annoyed because he ha sn't scored for a month, he's giving a lot."

"We knew this mettlesome wasn't won before kick-off but we prefabricated things arduous by feat behind in a terrible prototypal half," added Allegri.

"We're disappointed and bitter. This hebdomad we've twice played substantially but not got what we deserved."

A assorted ordain to Dortmund and company place in store for French body Lille, who emerged from the weekend state threesome points clear of closest pursuers Rennes after their Belgian starlet Eden Hazard bagged an injury instance content in their 2-1 win over Valenciennes.

The 20-year-old winger conventional a transfer from Rio Mavuba and unsmooth a baritone effort into the bottom-left crossway in the 91st minute, after Moussa Sow's first-half person for the hosts had been cancelled discover by Gregory Pujol.

"I've scored digit lovely goals," said Hazard, who also scored a impressive opening content for metropolis in their 2-1 win at Marseille terminal weekend.

"So such the better for me and the team. They're digit very important goals. We'll go to metropolis (next weekend) with a three-point lead."

In Spain, metropolis completely submissive the prototypal half and took the advance on the half distance evaluation through Bojan Krkic who came on for the scraped Pedro Rodriguez.

Andres Iniesta floated a transfer to Diego Alves who institute Bojan and he was able to achievement the ball into the net.

After the fortuity it was a assorted looking city who pressed forward and got their move with Jesus Navas heading in an Alvaro Negredo cross.

Barcelona were on the back measure as Navas and Frederic Kanoute had beatific chances to reason but New on the territory lateral rallied and could have won it when Iniesta impact the post.

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