Domestic action 2/12/2011.

So how about the Scottish? Up north, Rangers defeated Motherwell by an outrageous scoreline of 6-0. With three goals in the first half and another trio in the second, the Glasgow side destroyed their opposition. Nikica Jelavic was the man on target for 'Gers as he scored a hat-trick in the course of the game. Hamilton lost to Hearts thanks to two strikes from Stephen Elliott in the 22nd and 47th minutes. Hibernian were able to edge out Kilmarnock in their match as Akpo Sodje and Victor Palsson struck for Hib's before Kilmarnock's Jamie Hamill converted his 74th minute penalty following the sending-off of Francis Dickoh. St. Mirren and Inverness played out a 3-3 draw as Inverness took an early lead thanks to Adam Rooney but St. Mirren were brought back through Michael Higdon's 28th minute penalty. Steven Thomson then put the Saints ahead in the next minute. They didn't stay in that position long though, as Aaron Doran struck to level the two sides. Doran then struck in the 61st to give Inverness the lead once more. Darren McGregor then salvaged a point for the home side when he equalised once more, in the 74th minute. Down in England, Wolves lost to Arsenal 2-0 after Robin van Persie had a terrific game and struck both goals. Birmingham were able to edge out Stoke thanks to a Nikola Zigic shot in the third minute of stoppage time in the second half. Blackburn and Newcastle tied 0-0 while Blackpool v.s. Aston Villa and Liverpool v.s. Wigan ended 1-1. In the Manchester derby match, United were victorious as Nani struck the opener in the 41st minute. City's David Silva equalised in the 65th, but Rooney had an absolute beauty in the 78th which put the game to bed. Sunderland lost to Tottenham by the same margin despite opening the scoring. West Brom and West Ham finished level 3-3 despite two very early goals from Graham Dorrans and Jerome Thomas which gave them a fantastic position. Crossing into mainland Europe now, Germany looked on as Bayern obliterated Hoffenheim 4-0 with two goals from Arjen Robben, an opener from Mario Gomez, and a second from Thomas Muller. Eintracht Frankfurt were soundly defeated by Leverkusen who struck three times without reply. Simon Rolfes, Renato Augusto, and Hanno Balitsch were the scorers for the visitors. Kaiserslautern were able to take a point from league leaders Dortmund in their match despite going down to Sven Bender's 81st minute strike. Jan Moravek saved the Red Devils though, as he struck in the 90th minute to take a point. Schalke defeated Freiburg at home as Jefferson Farfan put the home side ahead in the 49th after a kind of disappointing first half. St. Pauli roughed up Monchengladbach 3-1 who, after going ahead, sat back and let the goals rain down. Igor de Camargo was the man to score for the away side while Max Kruse, Gerald Asamoah, and Matthias Lehmann each slotted one in for the East German side. Nurnberg beat Stuttgart 4-1 with two goals in the first half before Stuttgart's first and last. Nurnberg then got another pair to seal the deal. Mladen Petric was Hamburg's man as they relied on his 33rd minute penalty for victory over Wolfsburg. Finally, in Greece, Aris were defeated at home by Olympiacos. Darcy Neto's 17th minute strike wasn't enough as Rafik Djebbour and David Fuster struck for the league leaders to put the game to bed. Ergotelis edged out Kavala who, yet again, had scored first. Benjamin Onwuachi's 21st minute goal gave the away side some hope but Beto and Sergio Leal crushed it in the 44th and 71st minutes respectively. Last but not least, Panionios defeated PAOK 1-0 thanks to Bosko Balaban's 72nd minute penalty.