Domestic results and some conclusions. 4/30/2011,

First of all, in Germany, Borussia Dortmund have taken the title as they defeated 1. FC Nurnberg 2-0. That's the first domestic title for Dortmund since 2002! Dortmund under Jurgen Klopp have led the league rather comfortably since November of last year. Second place Bayer 04 Leverkusen lost their match today 2-0 to Koln which killed their title hopes and propelled Dortmund to the title. Bayern Munchen grabbed the last Champions League slot when they edged Hannover 96 to third place. Bayern got the three points when they beat Schalke 04 4-1; Thomas Muller scored twice. Hannover had lost to Monchengladbach 0-1 when they played earlier today. The bottom three as of today are Eintracht Frankfurt in 16th, 'Gladbach in 17th, and St. Pauli at the bottom of the pile. Kasierslautern sit mid table in 11th while Schalke hold 10th. Up north in Sweden, Mostapha El Kabir struck twice on either side of Daniel Nicklasson's, 38th minute goal to give Mjallby a 0-3 away victory over Norrkoping. In Scotland, Aberdeen edged Inverness 1-0 thanks to Peter Pawlett's 75th minute strike. Hibernian lost to St. Johnstone 1-2 despite an early opening goal from Akpo Sodje. Two second half goals from Liam Craig and Kevin Moon respectively got the Saints the three points. Kilmarnock and Hearts tied 2-2 while Rangers destroyed Motherwell 0-5. Celtic now has two games in hand. Down in England, Wigan and Everton tied 1-1 while Fulham went to Sunderland and beat them 0-3 thanks largely to two Simon Davies goals. Gael Kakuta opened the scoring in the 33rd though. Chelsea were able to edge Tottenham 2-1 despite the Spurs taking a 19th minute lead through Sandro. Frank Lampard and Saloman Kalou won Chelsea the game though. On the Iberian peninsula, Portugal looks on as Sporting lead Portmonense 2-1 thanks to scoring two goals in the first half without response. Spain witnessed both Barca and Real losing, with Barcelona unable to win away from home against Real Sociedad. Thiago had given the the Catalan side an early lead but they didn't expand on it and ended up losing after 71st and 82nd minute strikes. Real Madrid meanwhile lost at home against Zaragoza who had a 2-0 lead in the 54th. Sergio Ramos scored in the 62nd to make it 2-1, but Zaragoza got a second goal from Lafita to make it 3-1. Karim Benzema then scored in the 84th to make it 3-2 when the final whistle sounded. Madrid's Ricardo Carvalho was sent off in the 86th. Finally, over in Italy, Inter beat Cesena 2-1 while Napoli edged Genoa 1-0.