Ten-man Lyon held on for a 2-1 comeback victory over Nice to move top of Ligue 1 on Sunday, as previous pacesetters Monaco lost for the first time this season. Five teams are level on 14 points at the top of the table with Lyon heading Paris Saint-Germain, Paris FC, Lille and Monaco on goal difference.
It was a close run affair for Lyon, playing in front of local boy and French cycling prodigy Paul Seixas, following Keito Nakamura’s dismissal 20 minutes from time.
Côte d’Ivoire forward Elye Wahi, who opened the scoring for Nice on 18 minutes with his second goal of the season, was denied a stoppage-time equaliser by a tight offside call.
Two goals in three minutes turned the game around by half-time as Pavel Sulc equalised by prodding home a rebound and Tanner Tessmann headed the hosts in front.
Veteran Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel headed against the bar early in the second half while Wahi hit the post with a close-range header, shortly after Nakamura was dismissed for a high boot.
Noah Cadiou’s second-half penalty for Lorient prevented Monaco returning to the top of Ligue 1 as they fell to a 1-0 defeat in Brittany on Sunday.
Finnish goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky dived the right way, but Cadiou placed his spot-kick into the corner, to hand Monaco their first league defeat of the season.
Monaco are one of five teams level on points at the top of the table as they were joined by Paris FC, who edged Rennes 4-3 thanks to Lassine Sinayoko’s injury-time penalty. Rennes dropped to fifth, a point behind, despite forward Estéban Lepaul’s hat-trick of penalties in Paris.
Marseille picked up a much-needed win as they thumped Angers 5-2 to pull away from the relegation zone. Le Havre remain rooted to the foot of the table as Cameroon forward Danny Namaso’s double helped Auxerre come away from Normandy with a 3-1 victory.
Kylian Mbappé scored twice as Real Madrid closed the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona to six points with a 4-1 home win over Sevilla on Sunday, a week before the rivals meet in el clásico.
Arda Guler opened the scoring in the 30th minute, arrowing a shot into the top corner from outside the box, before Mbappé added a second seven minutes later after a brilliant turn. Mbappé then won and converted a penalty in the 63rd minute to effectively settle the contest.
Sevilla pulled one back with 10 minutes remaining through the substitute Manu Bueno, but Yan Diomandé restored Real’s three-goal lead with a thunderous strike two minutes later.
An early penalty from Ante Budimir and a late Asier Osambela goal from earned Osasuna a 2-0 win against Racing Santander while Celta Vigo won 2-1 at home against Alavés.
Ibrahim Maza and Patrik Schick combined to score two goals as Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to beat in-form Freiburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
After a shock defeat to promoted Elversberg in the season opener, Leverkusen have now picked up 13 of a possible 18 points and sit fourth, level with third-placed Freiburg – who host Bayern Munich next weekend – on points.
Rock bottom Borussia Mönchengladbach are still searching for a first point of the season after losing 2-1 at home against fellow strugglers Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim’s Bambasé Conté opened the scoring with his second goal in two games since a surprise call-up to the Germany squad in October. Wael Mohya levelled for the hosts just after the break, but Alexander Prass put Hoffenheim back in front shortly afterwards as the visitors, who host Lyon in the Europa League on Thursday, won just their second game of the season.
Lazio’s Danish duo made the difference in Turin as Oliver Provstgaard and Gustav Isaksen scored in a 3-0 win over Juventus on Sunday that lifted their side level with Inter at the top of Serie A.
Provstgaard broke the deadlock in the 37th minute, using his height to glance home Mattia Zaccagni’s cross after Lazio worked a short corner on the left.
Fellow Dane Isaksen doubled the lead in the 66th minute, collecting a pass from Nuno Tavares on the right before shifting the ball onto his left foot and bending a low finish into the far corner.
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru completed the scoring in the 89th minute, launching a counterattack from inside his own half and driving into the box before slotting home a low finish as frustrated home supporters jeered their side through to the final whistle.
Cesc Fàbregas’s Como ended their three-game winless streak in Serie A on Sunday with a 3-1 victory at lowly Fiorentina.
First-half goals by Mattia Liberali and Nico Paz put the visitors in charge, before Marin Pongracic halved the deficit shortly before the interval. Anastasios Douvikas netted early in the second period to put to bed any hope of a Fiorentina comeback and keep the hosts locked in the relegation zone on four points.
Milan leapfrogged Como into fourth as they survived a second-half comeback from Atalanta to win 3-2. Goals from Gonçalo Ramos, Adrien Rabiot and Mario Gila put Milan 3-0 ahead after 58 minutes before Atalanta rallied through Gianluca Gaetano and Nikola Krstovic.
Earlier, Lecce won 3-0 at Udinese, with Kialonda Gaspar, Konan N’Dri and Jamil Siebert all finding the net.
