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Barcelona slips up before Clasico, while Palace's free fall, Monaco's surge continue

Related Topics: Le Classique, Monaco, RB Leipzig

Another exciting week across Europe saw the build-up to next week’s Clasico get interesting as Barcelona dropped points–again–at bogeyman side Real Sociedad. German champion Bayern Munich is still behind RB Leipzig but it has a new, old, president leading the chase on its "new enemy."

One coach is under pressure in the Premier League after a nine-goal thriller in Wales, while in Italy, another defeat for Juventus–thanks in part to Diego Simeone's son–opens up the title race. Meanwhile, France's Ligue 1 is the unlikely home of Europe’s most prolific attacking team at the moment, and it’s time Monaco manager Leonardo Jardim took the credit he deserves.