EFL CUP
Arsenal played the only non-Premier League team in the quarter-finals. (the result shows).
Arsenal 5-1 Sunderland
Brentford 0-2 Chelsea
Liverpool 3-3 Leicester city
Tottenham 2-1 West Ham
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Tottenham advance to the EFL Cup semifinal.
There is a chance for a North London derby final if Arsenal and Tottenham can survive the two-legged semifinal test.
SEMI-FINALS
Chelsea vs Tottenham
Arsenal vs Liverpool 
LIGUE 1 – Round 19
Bordeaux {2-3} Lille
Clermont {PP} Strasbourg
Lorient {1-1} Paris St. Germain
Lyon {1-1} Metz
Marseille {1-1} Reims
Monaco {2-1} Rennes
Montpellier {4-1} Angers
Nice {2-1} Lens
Saint-Etienne {0-1} Nantes
Troyes {1-1} Brest
The lack of consistency from the chasing pack is arguably keeping Paris St. Germain’s lead intact. It’s the midway point of the season and the only thing that looks certain is a Paris St. Germain title.
Paris St. Germain saved themselves from a defeat at Lorient with a late equalizing goal from Mauro Icardi.
Foggy weather did not allow the match between Clermont Foot and Strasbourg to be played.
Saint-Etienne stayed put at the bottom of the standings after a defeat to Nantes.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Paris Saint-Germain – 46 points
2. Nice – 33 points
3. Marseille – 33 points
4. Rennes – 31 points
5. Montpellier – 31 points
6. Monaco – 29 points
7. Nantes – 28 points
8. Lille – 28 points
9. Lens – 27 points
10. Strasbourg – 26 points
11. Angers – 25 points
12. Brest – 25 points
13. Lyon – 24 points
14. Reims – 23 points
15. Troyes – 17 points
16. Clermont – 17 points
17. Bordeaux – 17 points
18. Metz – 16 points
19. Lorient – 16 points
20. Saint-Etienne – 12 points
SPANISH LA LIGA
Villarreal 5-2 Alaves
Sevilla 1-1 Barcelona
Granada 2-1 Atletico Madrid
Athletic Club 1-2 Real Madrid
LA LIGA LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Real Madrid – 46 points
2. Sevilla – 38 points
3. Real Betis – 33 points
4. Rayo Vallecano – 30 points
5. Atletico Madrid – 29 points
6. Real Sociedad – 29 points
7. Barcelona – 28 points
8. Valencia – 28 points
9. Villarreal – 25 points
10. Athletic Club – 24 points
11. Espanyol – 23 points
12. Granada – 22 points
13. Osasuna – 22 points
14. Celta Vigo – 20 points
15. Mallorca – 20 points
16. Getafe – 15 points
17. Elche – 15 points
18. Alaves – 15 points
19. Cadiz – 14 points
20. Levante – 8 points
ITALIAN SERIE A
Inter Milan and AC Milan are both beyond the 40-point mark.
Inter Milan’s 4-point lead in the title race remains as it was.
Napoli dropped a position down to third after losing to Spezia.
Atalanta is kept goalless but their 4th place was never under threat.
Juventus are now 4 points from a Champions League qualification spot.
Udinese will likely be rewarded three points after Salernitana failed to show up for their tie.
Roma dropped a position to 6th after sharing the points with Sampdoria.
The point picked up from the goalless draw against Atalanta was also the only point gained amongst the team in the relegation zone.
MATCH RESULTS
Udinese {PP} Salernitana
Genoa {0-0} Atalanta
Juventus {2-0} Cagliari
Sassuolo {0-3} Bologna
Venezia {1-3} Lazio
Hellas Verona {1-1} Fiorentina
Inter Milan {1-0} Torino
Roma {1-1} Sampdoria
Empoli {2-4} AC Milan
Napoli {0-1} Spezia
LEAGUE STANDINGS
1. Inter Milan – 46 points
2. AC Milan – 42 points
3. Napoli – 39 points
4. Atalanta – 38 points
5. Juventus – 34 points
6. Roma – 32 points
7. Fiorentina – 32 points
8. Lazio – 31 points
9. Empoli – 27 points
10. Bologna – 27 points
11. Torino – 25 points
12. Verona – 24 points
13. Sassuolo – 24 points
14. Udinese – 20 points
15. Sampdoria – 20 points
16. Venezia – 17 points
17. Spezia – 16 points
18. Genoa – 11 points
19. Cagliari – 10 points
20. Salernitana – 8 points
