LONDON, Feb 16: Striker Raul surpassed Alfredo di Stefano's record as Real Madrid's all-time top scorer with two goals in a 4-0 thrashing of Sporting Gijon that cut Barcelona's lead at the top of Spain's Primera Liga to 10 points.

In Italy, a controversial Adriano goal helped Serie A leaders Inter Milan to a 2-1 victory over AC Milan in a local derby which all but ended their city rivals' title hopes.

SPAIN

Raul set a Real Madrid scoring record for the champions, surpassing di Stefano's tally of 307 by two with a double at Sporting. Marcelo and Klaas Jan Huntelaar bagged one apiece.

The 4-0 scoreline cut Barcelona's lead down to 10 points in the Primera Liga and extended Real's winning streak to eight matches.

Real were given their opportunity after Barca had to come from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 away to Real Betis on Saturday. Samuel Eto'o scored both goals taking his total for the season to 23.

Sevilla climbed to third with 41 points, nine short of Real, after two late goals from Frederic Kanoute delivered a 2-0 win away at bottom club Espanyol.

ITALY

Inter Milan beat AC Milan 2-1 in an electric derby to move nine points clear at the top and 11 clear of their third-placed city rivals.

Adriano used an arm to score Inter's opener before Dejan Stankovic doubled their lead before halftime.

Alexandre Pato pulled one back for Milan with 20 minutes to go and they could easily have equalised with substitute Filippo Inzaghi having an effort ruled out for offside.

Second-placed Juventus drew 1-1 at home to Sampdoria while Fiorentina went fourth after Adrian Mutu scored a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw at rivals Genoa, who had been 3-0 up with 10 men. AS Roma's good run came to an end with a 3-0 defeat at Atalanta.

GERMANY

Hertha Berlin returned to the top of the Bundesliga for the first time since October 2006 with a 2-1 home win against Bayern Munich thanks to a double by Ukrainian striker Andriy Voronin.

With five teams separated by only four points, the title chase is wide open with Hoffenheim, who were crushed 4-1 at home against Bayer Leverkusen on Friday, a point behind in second place on 39.

Hamburg climbed to third, behind Hoffenheim on goal difference, after sweeping aside Arminia Bielefeld 2-0 with a lucky Piotr Trochowski free kick and a beautifully curled Paolo Guerrero shot.

Champions Bayern dropped to fourth place on 38 points and Leverkusen are two points behind in fifth place.

FRANCE

Olympique Lyon won their first home game in three months, beating bottom club Le Havre 3-1 to maintain their four-point lead at the top of Ligue 1 on Sunday.

The game was marred by a racist incident, with a Le Havre fan detained for shouting racist insults at Ghana defender John Mensah.

Paris St Germain beat St Etienne 2-1 on Saturday, their fourth win in succession, to move up to second while Olympique Marseille, 1-0 winners at Monaco with a fine lob by Bakari Kone, went third and five points off the pace.

Toulouse are fourth after Andre-Pierre Gignac's 15th goal of the season gave them a 2-1 win at strugglers Sochaux.

NETHERLANDS

League leaders AZ Alkmaar dropped two points when former Alkmaar striker Danny Koevermans hit a second-half double to salvage a point for PSV Eindhoven in a 2-2 draw.

With 11 matches left, Alkmaar are nine points ahead of Twente Enschede who beat 10-men Volendam 2-1.

Ajax Amsterdam registered their first win in five matches by beating arch-rivals Feyenoord 2-0, with Thomas Vermaelen and Urby Emanuelson on target for Marco van Basten's side who are third and trailing the leaders by 12 points.—Reuters