Max Rushden and co look back on an eventful weekend around the major European leagues

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Max Rushden, Barry Glendenning, Barney Ronay and Sachin Nakrani have plenty to review from the weekend’s Premier League action, where victory for Manchester City at Huddersfield meant they kept their eight-point lead at the top. The panel debate how much of their success is down to Pep Guardiola’s spending and how much is down to his coaching.

Manchester United ground out a win over Brighton to keep up the pace with the leaders, while Everton went from bad to worse as Southampton ran riot at St Mary’s. What is going on with the Toffees? Meanwhile at Hampden, Celtic were winning their first trophy of the season – but it wasn’t without controversy.

There were some extraordinary happenings around Europe too as Sid Lowe gives us the latest in Spain after Lionel Messi was denied what could have proved a crucial goal when the ball had clearly crossed the line in the draw against Valencia. In Germany, Dortmund surrendered a four-goal lead to rivals Schalke and a familiar face returns to the Milan dugout.

We’re back on Thursday to look back at all the midweek action.

PS: the last few tickets are still available for our first Football Weekly Live show of the year. It takes place on Thursday 14 December at the Emmanuel Centre in London. Max will be joined by Barry, Barney Ronay and Jonathan Wilson, with other special guests to be confirmed. Find more information and buy tickets here.