PARIS (AFP) - Real Madrid's troubled season plunged further into crisis Sunday as the star-studded Spanish outfit lost 0-1 at home to Deportivo La Coruna.
It was the third Primera Liga defeat of the season for 29-time Spanish champions Real who are now seven points behind leaders Barcelona in tenth position after this Bernabeu loss.
Earlier, a late goal after 70 minutes from Barcelona's former Celtic favourite Henrik Larsson fired the Catalan outfit to the top of the Primera Liga with a 1-0 win at the Nou Camp against newly-promoted Numancia.
Barca go two points clear of champions Valencia who drew 1-1 at Real Betis.
Deportivo's Spanish international striker Albert Luque struck at the stroke of half time when he chipped over Iker Casillas in goal for just their second win of the season.
Real's stars were whistled off the pitch after a lacklustre performance.
Newly-signed Liverpool star Michael Owen started up front in the absence of Ronaldo but he was replaced on 52 minutes by Fernando Morientes, with his lack of play now putting his place in Sven-Goran Eriksson's England squad in danger.
England captain David Beckham was Real's best performer on the night, as Frenchman Zinedine Zidane failed to impress, missing a late chance to equalise just before the final whistle.
In Italy, Juventus held onto first place in Serie A with an unspectacular 1-0 victory at Udinese, but their joy at maintaining the lead in Italy was tempered by a serious injury to striker David Trezeguet.
The France international dislocated his shoulder and was replaced for the start of the second half by Marcelo Zalayeta.
And it was the Uruguayan forward who scored the winner on the hour, powerfully heading home Mauro Camoranesi's corner.
Unbeaten Juve sit at the top of the table on 13 points, two ahead of surprise package Messina, who were comprehensive 4-1 winners at home to Siena.
But the loss of Trezeguet clouded Juve's fourth win in five league games.
"The news on Trezeguet isn't good and we will decide what to do over the next week," said Juve coach Fabio Capello.
"His shoulder popped out and he must decide whether he wants an operation or not. With surgery, he could be out for four months."
In Germany Bayern Munich underlined their determination to wrestle the German crown back from Werder Bremen with a 2-1 victory over the champions at the Weserstadion on Saturday.
Bayern had not won in Bremen since December 1999 but broke that hoodoo with German internationals Michael Ballack and Bastian Schweinsteiger on target.
It was sweet revenge for Bayern who surrendered their German title to Bremen with a 3-1 loss at the Olympic Stadium last season.
Bayern are starting to click into gear, building on their 4-0 Champions League demolition of Ajax in midweek, and leapfrogged Bremen into third with the three points.
"We are up near the top of the table and back on the straight and narrow," said Bayern coach Felix Magath.
"We were fortunate to win but I think overall we deserved the three points."
Surprise package VfL Wolfsburg still set the pace at the top following a 2-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.
VfB Stuttgart are second one point behind Wolfsburg after defeating Arminia Bielefeld 2-0 on Sunday.
In France, Lille earned a hard fought 1-0 victory at Rennes through a Matt Moussilou goal to give them a share of the lead on 19 points with Lyon, who came away 3-2 winners in a topsy-turvy game against St. Etienne.
Monaco, who threw away a 3-0 lead to lose 4-3 at home to Nice on Saturday, are in third position two points back with Auxerre and Marseille on 16 points.
Didier Deschamps' Champions League finalists were cruising to victory after goals from Javier Saviola and Emmanuel Adebayor.
But then came seven minutes of madness as Nice snatched victory from the jaws of defeat thanks to a Victor Agali hat-trick with Marama Vahira clinching this most improbable of all wins.