It was a day of blowouts, but also of injuries to star players in La Liga on Sunday.

Barcelona scored six, including a hat trick from Luis Suarez, vs. Athletic Bilbao, but was dealt a blow when Messi left the game at halftime due to a hamstring injury. (REPORT)

Welsh international Gareth Bale left Real Madrid’s game early due to injury, and will have tests on his calf on Tuesday. (REPORT)

Barcelona defender Jordi Alba limped off the field with a right hamstring injury, and is ruled out for 10 days. (REPORT)

Cristiano Ronaldo told reporters after Real Madrid’s 5-1 win against Sporting Gijon that the players are “more motivated” with Zinedine Zidane as head coach, saying: “I never had a bad opinion of Rafa (Benitez), (but) he sees football in a different way than Zizou. (Zidane) is relaxed, he is friendly with the players.” (REPORT)

Following his club’s 1-0 win against Liverpool, Manchester United head coach Louis Van Gaal said the Red Devils still have a shot of closing the gap and winning the league title. (REPORT)

Swansea City are reportedly close to naming former Udinese manager Francesco Guidolin as head coach. (REPORT)

Here are results from the top leagues and competitions:

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

• Liverpool 0 – 1 Manchester United
• Stoke City 0 – 0 Arsenal

ITALIAN SERIE A

• Genoa 4 – 0 Palermo
• AS Roma 1 – 1 Hellas Verona
• Carpi 2 – 1 Sampdoria
• Chievo Verona 1 – 1 Empoli
• AC Milan 2 – 0 Fiorentina
• Bologna 2 – 2 Lazio
• Udinese 0 – 4 Juventus

SPANISH LA LIGA

• Getafe 3 – 1 Espanyol
• Real Madrid 5 – 1 Sporting Gijon
• Barcelona 6 – 0 Athletic Bilbao
• Valencia 2 – 2 Rayo Vallecano
• Las Palmas 0 – 3 Atletico Madrid

FRENCH LIGUE 1

• Lorient 0 – 2 AS Monaco
• Caen 1 – 3 Marseille
• St. Etienne 1 – 0 Lyon

MEXICAN LIGA MX

SATURDAY

• Cruz Azul 1 – 1 Guadalajara
• Tigres UANL 2 – 0 Morelia
• Atlas 0 – 3 America
• Dorados de Sinaloa 0 – 1 Tijuana
• Pachuca 1 – 0 Queretaro

SUNDAY

• Pumas UNAM 3 – 2 Toluca
• Puebla 1 – 3 Monterrey