European football: Bayern stretch lead while Espanyol move clear of drop | European club football

Bayern Munich came back from a goal down to beat 10-man Augsburg 3-1 away on Friday and move nine points clear at the top of the Bundesliga but Jamal Musiala went off injured and looks unlikely to be fit for next week’s Champions League quarter-final.

Musiala equalised before Harry Kane’s header and a deflected own goal from Augsburg’s Chrislain Matsima gave Bayern the points after the hosts took the lead thorugh Dimitris Gianoulis’ strike but ran out of steam when Cedric Zesiger was sent off. Bayern now have 68 points with six games left, nine ahead of Bayer Leverkusen, who travel to Heidenheim on Saturday.

Two goals in the first 15 minutes set relegation-threatened Espanyol on their way to a vital 4-0 win over Rayo Vallecano in La Liga. The result – only their second away win all season – extended a run in which Espanyol have lost only once in six league matches and lifts them one place into 15th and five points clear of the relegation zone.

Leandro Cabrera put Espanyol club 1-0 up when he headed home from a corner kick after 11 minutes. Four minutes later, Roberto Fernández took advantage of poor defending to double the lead. Javi Puado made it three from the penalty spot in the 72nd, and Pere Milla started and finished the move that led to a superb fourth in stoppage time.

A late goal from Alessandro Zanoli gave Genoa a 1-0 win against Udinese in Serie A. The victory extended their unbeaten home run to six games and pulls them to within two points and two places of their 10th-placed opponents, who have now lost three matches in a row.

After an insipid first half, Zanoli scored in the 77th minute when he pounced on a rebound and shot home from an angle. Patrick Vieira’s side survived a late scare when Rui Modesto’s stoppage-time equalizer was ruled out after a video review.

Nantes beat Nice for the first time in seven meetings, the 2-1 result dealing Ligue 1’s fourth-placed side a blow in their hopes for Champions League football next season. A win would have taken Nice into the top three.

Nantes had won just one of its last 12 away games in the league but they took a surprise lead after 10 minutes through Douglas Augusto. Goalkeeper Marcin Bulka got a hand to his side-footed shot from long range out but could not keep it out. Nice drew level just three minutes later when Ali Abdi slipped the ball under the advancing keeper but much of the credit went to Tunisian midfielder Hicham Boudaoui, whose pass split the Nantes defense.

Matthis Abline put Nantes ahead again seven minutes before halftime with a low shot that somehow squeezed through the legs of three Nice players. Nice had 80% possession in the second half and only Anthony Lopes’ world-class save from substitute Badredine Bounani stopped them from drawing level.