Monaco claim French League title

The Reds’ 84 goals also set a Premier League record with the side needing only four points from five games to clinch a sixth title in eight seasons.

In Spain, Barca lost their fourth straight game, 3-0 to basement club Oviedo.

Bayern Munich lost 2-1 against city rivals 1860 Munich and lost key midfielder Stefan Effenberg for three weeks with a calf injury. The loss gave Bayer Leverkusen — even on points — a chance to move three ahead with a victory on Sunday against lowly Arminia Bielefeld.

Substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer got two goals for Manchester United in their 4-0 win over Sunderland. Man United improved to 76 points followed by Liverpool (62), Leeds (60), Chelsea (58) and Arsenal (57).

Chelsea also rested a half dozen starters for their Champions League return-leg on Tuesday in Barcelona but had none of Man United’s success, losing 1-0 to struggling Sheffield Wednesday on Wim Jonk’s penalty.

In 1860’s 2-1 win over Bayern Munich, the winner came when Bayern’s Jens Jeremies scored an own goal in the 40th. Max Martin gave 1860 a 1-0 lead in the 22nd with Mehmet Scholl equalising seven minutes later. Just minutes after Jeremies’ own goal, Effenberg limped off with a torn right calf muscle that will sideline him for the rest of the league season.

In Italy, Gabriel Batistuta’s last-minute penalty earned Fiorentina a dramatic 3-3 draw with Lazio, dampening the Rome club’s hopes of a Serie A title. Sinisa Mihajlovic scored a penalty in the 89th that seemed to give Lazio the win.

A victory would have drawn Lazio even on points with Juventus, who have a tough game on Sunday against Internazionale.

In Saturday’s other game, Verona scored twice in three minutes late in the second half to gain a 2-2 draw against Udinese.

Batistuta gave Fiorentina a 1-0 lead in the 25th with Czech Pavel Nedved equalising in the 27th. Croatian Alen Boksic gave Lazio 2-1 lead with a header in the 30th and Enrico Chiesa evened nine minutes into the second half.

In France, Croat striker Dado Prso equalised in the final seconds as runaway leader Monaco clinched the French championship with a 2-2 draw against Nancy. The result leaves Monaco 10 points ahead of second-placed Lyon with three games left and confirms their domination of this season’s French Championship.

Nancy’s Olivier Rambo opened the scoring at the Stade Louis II in the 10th minute. Italian star Marco Simone scored his 17th goal of the season within a minute, but Fabien Lefevre made the most of a Fabien Barthez blunder five minutes before the break to make it 2-1 to the visitors.

Third-placed Bordeaux recovered from their catastrophic midweek French Cup defeat to Calais by winning their fifth straight league match, 3-0 against Le Havre.

Struggling giant Marseille, who have lost three of their last four games, earned a vital point in their relegation battle with a 0-0 draw at Nantes.