Juventus and Bayern win to continue their strong starts and remain top of their leagues, Barcelona once again score two late goals to win their match and Dortmund hit 5.
Germany: Marco Reus returned to haunt his own club as he scored twice in Dortmund’s 5-0 win over Monchengladbach. Having been off colour lately this was a welcome return to form for the German champion’s ahead of their trip to Manchester City this week.
Hamburg, once again inspired by Rafael van de Vaart, recorded a 1-0 win over Hannover. Two wins and a draw in their last three has seen them climb into mid-table. Bayern Munich maintained their superb start by going to Werder Bremen and winning 2-0, that makes it six league wins from six for Jupp Heynckes’ side. Frankfurt are in second, they came from behind to beat Freiburg 2-1 at home.
Spain: Barcelona produced a remarkable comeback to win 3-2 at Sevilla, trailing 2-1 in the 88th minutes, goals from Cesc Fabregas and David Villa earned them 3 points and stopped Sevilla from picking up a home victory to add to their triumph over Real Madrid two weeks ago. Malaga’s red hot form continued as they demolished Betis 4-0 at home to keep them in second place in the league.
Athletic Bilbao’s miserable start continued as they went down 2-0 at Sociedad, that drops Beilsa’s side, who were so exciting last season, to 17th in the league. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick as Real Madrid beat Deportivo 5-1. That means the gap to Barca stays at 8 points ahead of next Sunday’s Clasico. Athletico Madrid are still only 2 points off the top, they managed to sneak a 1-0 win at Espanyol despe being without the injured Falcao.
Italy: Having dropped their first league points in a 0-0 draw at Fiorentina midweek, Juventus roared back to winning ways by thrashing Roma 4-1. AC Milan broke the curse of the San Siro by winning 2-0 at home in midweek, but were pegged back to draw 1-1 at Parma on Saturday.
Inter broke their own San Siro curse by winning 2-1 at home to Fiorentina at the weekend. They are now third in Serie A, joint with Lazio, who beat Siena 2-1, on 12 points. Napoli remain level on points with juventus at the top, their 1-0 win away at Sampdoria was courtesy of an Edinson Cavani penalty.
France: PSG had a great weekend in Ligue 1. They won 2-0 at home to Sochaux to go 2nd after Lyon lost 2-0 at home to Bordeaux on Sunday. PSG are also now only three points behind Marseilles, who were battered 4-1 away at Valenciennes. Last year’s champions Montepellier picked up their second win of the season, 2-0 at Nancy, to move into 13th place.
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