TUE 22ND OCT 2019

PREMIER LEAGUE (HIGHLIGHTS IN THE HEADLINES)
Reds run ended by familiar foe. City polish off Palace. Foxes in the hunt for top four. Good times continue to roll for young Blues. Gunners can’t blast through Sheffield steel. Spurs slide continues, but Dele’s drought ends. Cherries and Canaries keep first clean sheets. Toffees come out of a sticky patch. Villa on Targett as they snatch a late win. Third time lucky for Jimenez.

LA LIGA WEEK 9 HIGHLIGHTS
The shock of the week occurred at relegation threatened Mallorca, where Real went down 1-0, further increasing the pressure on Zinedine Zidane. This slip-up allowed Barca to steal top spot after a routine 3-0 win at Eibar. Granada now sit an impressive third thanks to a home win over Osasuna. Sociedad won at home to go fourth, putting Betis into the relegation zone. Atletico were held at home by Valencia thanks to a late Dani Parejo goal, whilst Sevilla picked up 3 points beating Levante. Leganes are rooted to the bottom already seven points from safety after losing at Getafe. Espanyol gave the woodwork a hammering at home to Villarreal but succumbed 1-0 to stay 19th. Elsewhere, Alaves beat Celta to leave them on the brink of the bottom three.

SERIE A WEEK 8 HIGHLIGHTS
The Old Lady held onto top spot with a narrow home victory over Bologna, but Inter managed to stay on their heels after a 4-1 lead turned into a nervy 4-3 win at mourning Sassuolo. Immobile fell over twice to help Lazio back to 3-3 from 3-0 down to Atalanta leaving La Dea’s Gasperini exasperated. A Milik double kept Napoli in fourth ahead of surprise package, Cagliari, who won against SPAL to go 5th. Claudio Ranieri has been deemed the man to rescue Samp, and he got off to a good start by holding Roma at home. Stefano Pioli’s reign at the Rossoneri started in a rather less commendable draw at home to Lecce. Elsewhere, Genoa’s season went from bad to worse, as a thunderous Cornelius hat-trick saw them thrashed 5-1 and manager Andreazzoli out of employment. Elsewhere, Udinese defeated Il Toro at home and Fiorentina played out a goalless draw at Brescia.

BUNDESLIGA WEEK 8 HIGHLIGHTS
It’s absurdly tight at the top of the Bundesliga with the top 9 sides separated by just 2 points. Monchengladbach remain top, despite going down to a Marco Reus winner at Dortmund. They are joined on 16 points by undefeated Wolfsburg, who scraped a point at Leipzig through a late Wout Weghorst goal. Bayern are on 15 after throwing away a couple of points in Augsburg, who turned 2 shots on target into 2 goals, but Lewandowski’s incredible scoring run continued. Union got a win to move out of the relegation zone and keep Freiburg off an improbable top spot. Schalke and Bayer also missed the chance to move top after defeats to Hoffenheim and Eintracht respectively. Elsewhere, Werder drew with Hertha, Fortuna beat Mainz and Paderborn are now cut well adrift at the bottom after a 3-0 loss to the Billy Goats.

LIGUE 1 WEEK 10 HIGHLIGHTS
PSG moved an ominous 5 points clear in Ligue 1, despite only just starting to hit form. It seems that no side is properly equipped to mount a decent challenge to them this year, as their three closest challengers – Nantes, Bordeaux and Angers – all lost. Reims and Montpellier took full advantage to fill third and fourth place respectively. Toulouse got a new manager bounce as Antoine Kombouare took them straight out of the relegation zone with a win, but Rudi Garcia taking the helm at OL did not have the same effect as they failed to put away Dijon at home. Brest made it two wins on the bounce and move into the top half, whilst Monaco came out on top 3-2 in a topsy-turvy encounter with Rennes in the principality.