By ADAM TROXTELL

Manchester United had 25 minutes to take advantage of a questionable Gabriel Agonlahor red card, but Aston Villa still found a way to halt the Red Devils’ six-match winning streak.

Colombian striker Radamel Falcao’s second-half equalizer canceled out a beautiful Christian Benteke opener in a 1-1 draw at Villa Park. The Agbonlahor red card looked like it might give the visitors a chance for a late winner, but it was Aston Villa that created the dangerous chances late in the match.

In Italy, Roma and AC Milan played out a disappointing 0-0 draw, while PSG failed to capitalize in a 0-0 draw against Montpellier in France.

Here a look at all of  all Saturday’s results from Europe’s top leagues:

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

The pressure is on Chelsea to get a result at Stoke on Monday after Manchester City eased past Crystal Palace 3-0. David Silva played the roll of fox in the box for his two goals just after halftime before James Milner provided the ball for a Yaya Toure strike in off the bar.

Charlie Austin’s hat-trick sealed a vital three points for QPR in a 3-2 win over fellow strugglers West Brom.

Here’s all the scores from the Premier League:

Manchester City 3, Crystal Palace 0

Aston Villa 1, Manchester United 1

Hull City 0, Swansea City 1

QPR 3, West Brom 2

Southampton 3, Everton 0

Tottenham  Hotspur 2, Burnley 1

West Ham 2, Leicester City 0

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GERMAN BUNDESLIGA

Borussia Dortmund will spend the holiday break in the relegation zone.

Fellow strugglers Werder Bremen came out on top in a relegation six-pointer, 2-1. Dortmund’s 10th loss of the season leaves Jurgen Klopp’s side on a run of four games without a win and in 17th in the Bundesliga. It was Bremen’s first win since the end of November.

Bremen took an early lead through Davie Selke in just the third minute. Selke supplied Fin Bartels for their second goal just past the hour mark as Dortmund failed to do enough with their possession. Their only consolation came when Mats Hummels headed in Ilkay Gundogan’s corner kick in the 69th minute.

Eintracht Frankfurt failed to gain ground on the top four when Karim Bellarabi equalized for Bayer Leverkusen in a 1-1 draw. Frankfurt had taken the lead through Bundesliga leading scorer Alexander Meier’s converted penalty in the 36th minute.

Wolfsburg did all they could to chase down league leaders Bayern Munich with a 2-1 win over Koln. They still enter the break in second, 11 points off of Bayern.

Here are all the results from Germany:

Augsburg 2, Borussia Monchengladbach 1

Bayer Leverkusen 1, Frankfurt 1

Schalke 0, Hamburg 0

Stuttgart 0, Paderborn 0

Werder Bremen 2, Borussia Dortmund 1

Wolfsburg 2, FC Koln 1

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ITALIAN SERIE A

Just as AS Roma’s challenge for the top in Italy ramped up, it calmed down in disappointing fashion.

AC Milan clung on to a 0-0 draw against the Romans, despite heaps of pressure late after they went a man-down. Pablo Armero was handed a second yellow for handling the ball, but Roma couldn’t turn the man-advantage into anything worthwhile.

Roma put five shots on Diego Lopez’s goal, but the Spaniard held firm for a result that keeps Milan within earshot of a European spot. Roma must deal with a three point gap when the teams return for action in January.

A late Ze Eduardo strike handed Cesena a 1-1 result at Sassuolo. The home team took the lead through Simone Zaza’s 76th minute penalty, but couldn’t find any more despitee 14 opportunities.

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SPANISH PRIMERA DIVISION

Santa brought a bag full of goals to the Camp Nou.

Barcelona trounced Cordoba 5-0 to take advantage of Real Madrid’s trip to the Club World Cup. Luis Suarez scored his first La Liga goal in the 53rd minute, doubling the lead after Pedro’s opener in the second minute.

Things only got out of hand in the last 10 minutes. Gerard Pique started the goal frenzy by heading in Xavi’s free kick. It was then Lionel Messi’s turn to score twice before the final whistle brought Cordoba relief.

Barcelona are now just a point behind the top of La Liga.

Valencia climbed into fourth place with a 1-0 win on the road at Eibar. Francisco Alcacer struck in the 31st minute for the eventual winner.

Here’s the results from Spain:

Barcelona 5, Cordoba 0

Levante 1, Real Sociedad 1

Eibar 0, Valencia 1

Rayo Vallecano 1, Espanyol 3

FRENCH LIGUE 1

The door is once again open for Marseille to extend their lead at the top after PSG played out a scoreless draw against Montpellier.

The French champions’ first half of this season has fizzled out after a loss last weekend. Despite a 5-0 advantage in shots on target, a starting lineup that included Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edison Cavani and Lucas Moura couldn’t find the back of the net.

It leaves PSG even with Marseille at the top of Ligue 1, with each on 38 points ahead of their rivals’ home match against Lille on Sunday.

Monaco won their sixth consecutive game with a 1-0 result over relegation-threatened Metz. Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco provided the difference maker in the 79th minute to take Monaco up to fifth.

Here’s all the results from France on Saturday:

PSG 0, Montpellier 0

Caen 1, Bastia 1

Lorient 1, Nantes 2

Metz 0, Monaco 1

Rennes 1, Reims 3

Toulouse 1, Guingamp 1