🌍 Women's football European weekend review: Barça hit 🎱, Parisians battle | OneFootball

There was plenty of women's football action to enjoy this weekend, with four of Europe's top five leagues all in action.

Here's what we made of it all.

🇫🇷 PSG gain ground over Paris FC, Lyon march on

Lyon recorded a 4-0 win away at Strasbourg to extend their lead at the top of the Première Ligue to eight points.

Joe Montemurro's side fired 30 shots towards goal during the 90 minutes, as Eugénie Le Sommer, Wendie Renard, Melchie Dumornay and Tabitha Chawinga all got themselves on the scoresheet.

Meanwhile, the battle goes on between the two capital clubs, with Paris FC's draw against Nantes, allowing rivals PSG to leapfrog them into second place in the table.

19-year-old Tara Elimbi Gilbert scored the only goal in PSG's win away at Dijon to supply the vital three points, having only signed her first professional contract in the summer.

To add just a little more spice to this closely-matched rivalry, the two Paris clubs meet each other in the French Cup on March 15th.

🇪🇸 Real Madrid keep pace with Barça with comeback win

Real Madrid battled hard to overcome a one-goal deficit away at Athletic Club, securing a 2-1 win.

The home side took the lead thanks to a 10th minute penalty, before Maëlle Lakrar levelled the scores just before half-time. The three points were secured by Spain international Olga Carmona as she stunned the goalkeeper with an exquisite lob.

Yet there seems to be no stopping of the Barcelona machine, as they racked up an 8-1 win away at Eibar.

There were seven different goalscorers as Salma Paralluelo was the only player to hit a brace in the eight-goal fest.

With that emphatic victory, El Femení retain their five-point lead at the top of Liga F.

🇮🇹 Juve take playoff advantage with sensational win over Roma

Serie A's women have moved into the playoff phase of the season, with the top five and bottom five now separated as they face one another in a round-robin to determine the league winner as well as relegation.

Juventus recorded a 4-3 win over Roma to give them the advantage in the top half of the competition, with Christina Girelli netting a hat-trick to help earn that result for the Bianconere.

Juventus now hold a seven-point advantage over rivals Inter.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Are Manchester United coming for Chelsea?

When Chelsea took the lead at Brighton in their latest WSL fixture, it looked to be business as usual for a side that had previously won 13 of their last 14 league games.

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But the Seagulls made it tough for Chelsea, and put themselves 2-1 in front after 42 minutes.

A strike from Lauren James levelled the scores back up at 2-2, meaning that the Blues had dropped points for only the second time this season.

They now sit five points behind a Manchester United side that have won seven WSL fixtures on the bounce. Their 2-0 win over Leicester on Sunday means that they have only lost once this season, closing up the gap between first and second.

Can they put enough pressure on the Blues to make this a race to the finish line?

Next weekend sees the return of the women's Bundesliga, with Wolfsburg's trip to RB Leipzig the pick of the fixtures in an incredibly tight title race.

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