Our weekly look at the domestic fortunes of British clubs' upcoming adversaries in the Champions League, with Barcelona warming up for their match against Celtic in style.

Barcelona (home to Celtic on Tuesday)

Barcelona 5-1 Levante

Barcelona took full advantage of the confusion at the Bernabeu by thrashing lowly Levante 5-1 at the Nou Camp to close the gap on leaders Real Madrid to just two points.

Xavi and Lionel Messi scored either side of a Mustapha Riga penalty in the first half, before Samuel Eto'o went on to score a hat-trick after the break to pile on the misery for La Liga's bottom club.

Internazionale (home to Liverpool on Tuesday 11th March)

Sampdoria 1-1 Inter

Inter remain nine points clear at the top of Serie A after drawing 1-1 at Sampdoria.

Hernan Crespo grabbed only his third goal of the season with a header in the second half to rescue a point after Antonio Cassano had put Samp ahead 11 minutes earlier.

Olympiacos (away to Chelsea on Wednesday)

PAOK 1-1 Olimpiacos

Olimpiacos dropped to second in the Greek Super League as they drew 1-1 at PAOK and rivals Panathinaikos won their match.

Midfielder Gonzalez scored his first goal of the season after only two minutes to give the mid-table side the lead before Darko Kovacevic, the league's current top scorer, banged in his 15th of the campaign to salvage a point.

Milan (home to Arsenal on Tuesday)

Milan 2-1 Palermo

Milan completed their resurgence with a 2-1 win over Palermo at the San Siro that sees them overtake Fiorentina and claim fourth spot in the table.

Filipo Inzaghi scored a header in the 90th minute to give the Rossoneri a dramatic win, after Massimo Ambrosini had cancelled out Mark Bresciano's opener for the visitors.

Lyon (away to Manchester United on Tuesday)

Lyon 2-0 Metz

The French champions put an end to their miserable recent run of form by beating Metz 2-0 at home and opening a three-point gap over second-placed Bordeaux.

Brazil striker Fred scored both of the goals, combining with Karim Benzema for the first and chipping the ball over goalkeeper Christophe Marichez for the second.

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