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TUE 8TH OCT 2019

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.

TUE 24th SEP 2019

PREMIER LEAGUE (HIGHLIGHTS IN THE HEADLINES)
Firmino makes it fifteen as Chelsea youngsters can’t bridge the gap. Etihad first-class Silva service cuts short Quique’s honeymoon. Foxes win by a whisker. United’s defence Mina than Everton’s, but Billy’s not getting too wild. Villans robbed as ten-men Gunners have a Guendouzi of a second half. Great goal-line clearance means Gulls and Magpies schar the spoils. Eddie breaks away derby duck as Ralph rues Saints’ sloppiness. Canaries not up for the Clarets after last week’s feast. Weary Wanderers gifted a point at Palace. Hammers give Ole a pounding headache.

LA LIGA HIGHLIGHTS
Barca got away with it against Dortmund, but Granada didn’t let them off so easily with a fully deserved 2-0 win that takes them third. Real managed to shake off their PSG humiliation with a classic Benzema header to win 1-0 at Sevilla to go second, while Athletic are the surprise early pacesetters after a 2-0 home defeat of Alaves. Kubo got his first assist as Mallorca lost 4-2 at Getafe, whilst a Santi Cazorla penalty helped Villarreal see off Valladolid 2-0. Sociedad took the points at Espanyol, Valencia were held at home to Leganes and the other three games finished goalless.

SERIE A HIGHLIGHTS
It was all about the Premier League exports this week. A Lukaku strike helped Inter continue their 100% start with a win in the Milan derby. Aaron Ramsey scored for Juve, who stay second after beating Hellas, whilst Fernando Llorente banged in a couple as Napoli won at Lecce 4-1 to go third. Fourth placed Roma relied on their former Man City Kolarov/Dzeko pairing to win at Bologna. Immobile was on target in a winning return to the Lazio line-up. Marco Gabbiadini helped Samp to their first points of the season as Caputo helped Sassuolo break SPAL in the Emiliano derby. Elsewhere, Atalanta recovered from an undynamic performance in Zagreb, Cagliari beat the boys from across the bay and Brescia won at Udinese.

BUNDESLIGA HIGHLIGHTS
Leipzig continue to lead the way after a comfortable 3-0 victory at Bremen. Lewandowski was extraordinarily magnanimous in passing up a hat-trick to allow Coutinho to score his first goal in a 4-0 rout of Koln. As was the case against Barcelona, Dortmund didn’t get their just desserts against Eintracht and had to settle for a draw. Harit continued to shine as Schalke saw off struggling Mainz. Paderborn lost the basement battle with Hertha and remain on a solitary point. Freiburg were held by Augsburg but remain fourth. Elsewhere, Leverkusen dispatched Union 2-0, the Foals fought back to beat Dusseldorf and the Wolves drew with Hoffenheim.

LIGUE 1 HIGHLIGHTS
PSG are top thanks to Neymar, who continued his road to redemption with another spectacular late winner in Lyon. Surprise package Angers brushed aside St Etienne 4-1 thanks to a Ninga hat-trick to move up to second. Nice are in third after a home victory against Dijon, who remain bottom. Metz (home loss to Amiens) and Monaco (a draw in champagne country) join them in the relegation zone. Early pacesetters Rennes and Lille battled to a 1-1 draw while Marseilles and Montpellier finished honours even in a bad tempered game in the Velodrome that saw 3 players sent off. Elsewhere, there were home wins for Strasbourg and Nimes, while Bordeaux survived a scare against Brest as they drew 2-2.