A moment of madness from Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and a two-goal burst from Juan Mata made it a day to savor for Manchester United. And as United's return to the Champions League moved a step closer, Chelsea maintained its pursuit of the Premier League title with a slender win at Hull on Sunday.

United was already leading at Anfield when Gerrard produced a red-card stamp only 32 seconds after coming off the bench at the start of the second half. Even with a man-advantage, United was made to fight for its 2-1 victory. Juan Mata added to his first-half goal with a scissor-kick and Liverpool threatened a comeback after striker Daniel Sturridge scored.

Bayern Munich fell to a rare home loss on Sunday after a poor display from Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer helped Borussia Moenchengladbach to a 2-0 win at the Bundesliga leader.

Raffael scored both goals as the visitors outplayed the home side to reclaim third place.

Carlos Tevez scored again to help Juventus beat Genoa 1-0 in Serie A Sunday and maintain its 14-point advantage over Roma, which got back to winning ways with a 1-0 victory at Cesena.

Tevez, who also had a penalty saved at Juventus Stadium, scored the only goal of the game with a magnificent finish to increase his tally to a league-leading 16 on the season.

Luis Suarez scored the winning goal to give Barcelona a 2-1 win over title rival Real Madrid on Sunday in a back-and-forth "clasico" between the Spanish league's main title rivals.

Suarez broke free from Madrid's defense to restore Barcelona's lead in the 56th minute, ensuring Barcelona opened up a four-point gap over Madrid with another 10 rounds remaining to decide the league crown.

Move over Roger Federer, there is another guy with a share of your crown as king of the desert.

Novak Djokovic defeated Federer 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 to win his fourth BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, tying him with Federer for the most titles in the desert after winning for the second straight year.

San Antonio won comfortably at Atlanta 114-95 in Sunday's clash of two teams with form lines heading in opposite directions leading up to the NBA playoffs.

The Spurs have won three straight and the Hawks have lost three straight, though they can afford to ease up given they are still eight games clear atop the Eastern Conference, ahead of Cleveland, which won at Milwaukee.

Injured Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has pulled out of the Netherlands squad for a key European Championship qualifier against Turkey and a friendly against Spain.

Robben, who has been in stand-out form for club and country, was substituted in the 24th minute of Bayern's 2-0 home defeat Sunday to Borussia Moenchengladbach with a stomach muscle injury.

LeBron James is headed back to the NBA playoffs with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

An ailing James scored 29 points and Cleveland held on for a 95-92 win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday to clinch a playoff berth.

Milos Raonic crashed the Big Four party Friday with a hard-fought three-set win over world No. 3 Rafael Nadal to reach the Indian Wells ATP Masters semi-finals.

Canada's Raonic beat Nadal for the first time. He blasted 19 aces, hammered a series of thunderous forehands and saved three match points to upset the Spaniard 4-6, 7-6 (12/10), 7-5 and set up a semi-final clash with Roger Federer.

Barcelona had to wait nearly three months to unveil their shiny new toy this season as club record signing Luis Suarez sat on the sidelines, suspended for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.

When Suarez finally was unleashed to form the third part of a star South American triumvirate also featuring Lionel Messi and Neymar, there were a few bumps in the road.