Robert Lewandowski’s 26-minute hat-trick steered La Liga leaders Barcelona three points clear of Real Madrid with an emphatic 3-0 win at Alaves on Sunday. Atletico Madrid’s bid to bounce back from a heavy Champions League defeat fell short as Real Sociedad rescued a 1-1 draw thanks to Luka Sucic’s brilliant late strike. Lewandowski … Read more
Marcus Thuram shot Inter Milan second in Serie A with a hat-trick in Saturday’s 3-2 win over 10-man Torino which moved the champions to within two points of league leaders Napoli. France forward Thuram headed home first-half crosses from Alessandro Bastoni and Francesco Acerbi before bundling in his third on the hour mark … Read more
Granit Xhaka reacts after Bayer Leverkusen’s draw.© AFP Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday suffered another early setback in their Bundesliga title defence as they let slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Holstein Kiel. Xabi Alonso’s side now have 11 points from six matches, giving Bayern Munich the chance to extend their advantage … Read more
Atletico Madrid fell to a humiliating 4-0 Champions League defeat at Benfica on Wednesday. Diego Simeone’s side were thoroughly outplayed and outfought in Lisbon and the Portuguese side triumphed emphatically to record a second win in two matches in the competition. Bruno Lage’s team went ahead through Kerem Aturkoglu’s 13th minute strike, with … Read more
Bayern Munich had not lost a Champions League group game since 2017 until a 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa on Wednesday that hinted at a new era of European glory for the English side. Villa relived the club’s greatest ever night, when they beat Bayern to lift the European Cup in 1982, in … Read more