PREMIER LEAGUE (HIGHLIGHTS IN THE HEADLINES)
Sadio stumble sneaks Reds to seventeen. Traore trips up City on the counter. Shocking Spurs surrender as Connolly capitalises. Longstaff brothers beat up bleary-eyed Solskjaer. Wesley whips Canaries at Carrow Road. Frank feelgood factor continues to flow. Gunners pip the Cherries. Palace plunder 3 points to enhance Roy’s remarkable record. Hendrick hurts travelling Toffees. Wasteful Watford pick up a point.
LA LIGA WEEK 8 HIGHLIGHTS
Messi was back and straight on the scoresheet in a 4-0 victory over Sevilla, slightly marred by a couple of pointless red cards at the end. This put them just behind leaders Real, who got 4 of their own against Granada, including Eden Hazard’s first in La Liga. Atletico’s stutter continued with a draw in Valladolid, and it wasn’t a good weekend for the Basque country either, with Sociedad losing at home to Getafe, Athletic going down in Balaidos and Alaves doing the same in the Mestalla. Eibar at least managed a point at Betis. Elsewhere, there were good wins for Osasuna and Mallorca, whilst Leganes’ home loss to Levante sees them rooted to the bottom.
SERIE A WEEK 7 HIGHLIGHTS
A thrilling Derby d’Italia saw the Old Lady ruin the Nerazzurri’s 100% record and take top spot with it. Atalanta kept hold of third as they returned home to a renovated and renamed stadium with a 3-1 win. Napoli played out a scoreless draw with Il Toro to fall further behind, whilst Roma were held by Cagliari. The Biancocelesti drew a bad-tempered affair in Bologna, with Rossoblu manager Mihajlovic returning to the bench after lengthy treatment for leukaemia. This game featured 2 red cards, but Milan’s bottom of the table clash with Genoa yielded 4. More importantly for the Rossoneri, it also yielded 3 points. Elsewhere, Fiorentina made it 3 on the bounce, Samp’s struggles intensified in Verona and SPAL got a crucial home win. Brescia and Sassuolo’s match was postponed following the passing of Sassuolo’s owner and president, for whom minute silences were observed across the country.
BUNDESLIGA WEEK 7 HIGHLIGHTS
Bayern came down to earth with a bump, following up their Spurs trouncing with a home defeat to Hoffenheim. Monchengladbach took full advantage by seeing off Augsburg with a flurry of first half goals that sees them top the table. Bayer and Leipzig are level with Bayern on 14 after a draw in their encounter. Also on 14 are Schalke, who were pegged back by a late Koln equaliser, and Freiburg, who did the late pegging back themselves against Dortmund. Wolfsburg are up to second after seeing off Union, who slip into the bottom three alongside the other promoted sides, Koln and Paderborn. In the remaining games, Frankfurt drew 2-2 with Werder and Hertha continued their winning run at home to Fortuna.
LIGUE 1 WEEK 9 HIGHLIGHTS
PSG remembered where the back of the net was and reasserted their dominance in the league with a 4-0 win over their closest rivals, Angers, who were replaced in second by high flying Nantes. Bordeaux continue to impress with a win in Toulouse taking them up to fourth, just ahead of Lille, who were held at home by Nimes. St Etienne poached the Rhone-Alpes derby in the final minute to heap further woe on a beleaguered OL, whilst Marseille and Monaco’s recent resurgence was checked in 3-1 defeats at Amiens and Montpellier respectively. Reims continued their strong start at Rennes, and there were important home wins near the bottom for Dijon and Brest. Metz are now propping up the table.
