Anthony Gordon scored his first goal for Barcelona as they extended their perfect start in La Liga with a 3-0 home win over Getafe. The England international opened the scoring in the second minute and Gabriel Jesus added another after half an hour for the league leaders, who have won every match they have played this season.
Gordon, who has impressed since joining from Newcastle this summer, grabbed his first Barça goal with a low deflected effort after bundling his way past three players. Getafe defender Zaid Romero gave the ball away in his own box for Barça’s second, passing it straight to Jesus who stroked into the bottom corner.
Jules Koundé tucked home the third from Lamine Yamal’s cross to cap a solid win at Camp Nou. Barcelona are five points clear of second-placed Atlético Madrid, who won 2-1 at Alavés earlier. Real Madrid are a further point back in third, after they edged past Villarreal 1-0 despite Vinícius Júnior’s red card for hair-pulling.
Rayo Vallecano’s match against Athletic Club was abandoned because of home fans at Vallecas stadium throwing objects on to the pitch in a protest against the club president, Raúl Martin Presa.
In the 13th minute, Rayo fans threw paper planes, rubber balls and other objects, leading the referee to pause the game and send the players off the pitch. After the teams came back out to resume play, the fans continued to throw objects and the match was abandoned with the score goalless.
In Germany, Augsburg’s Robin Fellhauer scored after eight seconds against Bayern Munich on Saturday to record the fastest goal in Bundesliga history, but the visitors twice came from a goal down to snatch a 2-2 draw.
Fellhauer benefited from a blunder by Bayern’s Manuel Neuer to beat the record, held jointly by Kevin Volland and Karim Bellarabi, by one second. Bayern, whose only league defeat in their past 48 matches was by their Bavarian rivals Augsburg in January, upped their game after the break, and Ismael Saibari scored the equaliser.
Another Neuer error put Augsburg ahead again in the 64th minute, the 40-year-old punching Calvin Brackelmann’s shot into the path of Rodrigo Ribeiro, who only had to push the ball over the line. Bayern earned a draw when Harry Kane, who hit the woodwork in the first half, cut the ball back for Nathaniel Brown to tap in 10 minutes from time.
There was also drama elsewhere, as Bayer Leverkusen grabbed a rollercoaster 4-3 win in Mainz while Hamburg snatched a late 3-2 win at Hoffenheim.
Robert Andrich gave Leverkusen the lead with a superb volley after just five minutes, before Patrik Schick doubled the lead four minutes later. Anthony Caci dragged Mainz back into the game, scoring twice to make it level before half-time. Second-half goals from Jarell Quansah and Moussa Diaby put Leverkusen back in control, before Benedict Hollerbach grabbed a late third for Mainz.
Yussuf Poulsen bundled in an early opener for Hamburg, before Fisnik Asllani jabbed home an equaliser for Hoffenheim. Bambasé Conté put Hoffenheim in front with a brilliant long-range finish, but a red card for his teammate Bernardo swung the game back in Hamburg’s favour. Terem Moffi equalised with an 83rd-minute header and Miro Muheim grabbed a stoppage-time winner.
In the late game, RB Leipzig rampaged to a 6-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt thanks to a Christopher Nkunku hat-trick. Goals from Ezechiel Banzuzi and Nkunku put Leipzig 2-0 up within five minutes, and the former Chelsea forward added two more quickfire goals on the stroke of half-time. Antonio Nusa swept in a fifth after the break and Tidiam Gomis ran through the Frankfurt defence to add a sixth late in the game.
In Saturday’s other games, goals from Jeff Chabot and Chris Führich sealed a comfortable 2-0 win for Stuttgart at Paderborn, while Livan Burcu struck late to hand Union Berlin a nervy 1-0 win at home to Elversberg.
In Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain eased to a 3-1 home victory over Le Mans, played out in a tense atmosphere amid student protests across France. Scuffles broke out as police tried to remove a banner and eventually an entire stand was temporarily emptied of spectators.
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PSG took the lead with a penalty converted by Lucas Beraldo, but Le Mans levelled in the second half through Louis Mafouta, who blasted home for his fourth goal this season. Substitute Khvicha Kvaratskhelia fired PSG ahead two minutes after coming on as he reacted quickest to a rebound.
Maghnes Akliouche then wrapped up victory with the third, his first goal since switching from Monaco at the start of the season. PSG were awarded a penalty in added time but Désiré Doué’s effort was saved by Nicolas Kocik. The defending champions move up to fifth, three points behind leaders Monaco, who were held 2-2 at home by Toulouse.
Edan Diop scored Monaco’s opener and then turned provider for Matthis Abline to net his first goal since a move from Nantes, but the hosts could not hold on to their half-time lead. Casper Tengstedt pulled one back for the visitors with a penalty just after the break, before teenager Sion Oppong netted his first Toulouse goal to earn the visitors a point.
Lille sit in second place after beating bottom club Le Havre, Dilane Bakwa scoring the only goal in the fifth minute. The winless visitors lost Ayumu Seko to a red card for a professional foul just past the hour mark. Lorient ended Paris FC’s unbeaten start with a 1-0 win, while Brest scored four first-half goals in a 5-1 rout of Angers.
In Italy, Inter surged to the top of Serie A thanks to three goals in the first half-hour to defeat an outclassed Parma 3-0 at San Siro. Petar Sucic opened the scoring in the 13th minute, before Hakan Calhanoglu doubled the lead from the penalty spot. Marcus Thuram then made it 3-0 after 31 minutes with his third goal of the campaign.
Napoli cruised to a 3-0 victory at home to Frosinone with Scott McTominay making his comeback after heart surgery. Scotland midfielder McTominay came on in the second half, a welcome return for the player who has been his team’s powerhouse for the last two seasons.
The opener came when Rasmus Højlund was fouled as he surged towards goal and Kevin De Bruyne converted the penalty. Dutch forward Noa Lang slotted in the second on 29 minutes after Højlund’s effort was saved, and De Bruyne added his second to complete the job in second-half stoppage time.
Elsewhere, Genoa climbed out of the relegation zone with a 2-1 home win over Fiorentina, who replace them in the bottom three. Milutin Osmajic and Junior Messias put the hosts 2-0 up inside 15 minutes before a Johan Vásquez own goal in the second half.
