Carlo Ancelotti breaks coaching record as he helps Real Madrid win 35th Spanish title

Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti became the first manager to win the league in each of Europe’s five major leagues as his side clinched a record 35th La Liga title.

Odrygo (two), Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema all scored as an under-represented team – minus Gareth Bale, who was absent from the celebrations with a back spasm – drove to a 4-0 win over Espanyol.

Ancelotti had rested the likes of Benzema, Toni Kroos and Vinicius Junior with a Champions League semi-final second leg at home to Manchester City in which they trail 4-3 but it had little impact on the result.

Spain’s second-round side to European royals Villarreal, coming from a 2-0 deficit at home to Liverpool in the second leg, suffered a 2-1 defeat at Alaves.

A Mario Hermoso own goal and an Inaki Williams penalty saw Athletic Bilbao beat Atletico Madrid, who missed a chance for second place.

The Bundesliga’s two big names, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, both slipped into defeat on the same day.

Champions Bayern lost 3-1 at mid-table Mainz, for whom Jonathan Burkardt and Moussa Niakhate scored before Robert Lewandowski’s 34th league goal of the season equalised.

There was no denying the ninth-placed side, however, and Leandro Barreiro restored their two-goal cushion.

Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick for Dortmund but the second-placed side squandered a 3-2 lead against Bochum with nine minutes to play after Jurgen Locadia and Milos Pantovic struck late penalties in a 4-3 win.

In Serie A, third-placed Napoli went four points behind leaders AC Milan with a 6-1 win over Sassuolo after going 4-0 ahead in 21 minutes.

Kalidou Koulibaly, Victor Osimhen, Hirving Lozano, Dries Mertens (two) and Amir Rrahmani all scored before Maxime Lopez scored the visitors’ consolation goal in the 87th minute.