PARIS - Lionel Messi's early goal earned Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 win at Lyon on Sunday as they opened a two-point lead at the top of Ligue 1.
Messi found the back of the net with his fourth league goal of the season in the fifth minute to put Christophe Galtier's side on 22 points from eight games.
Real Madrid restored its two-point lead over Barcelona at the top of LaLiga with a surgical 2-1 win at the home of eternal rival Atlético Madrid on Sunday evening.
Seven match weeks into the Bundesliga season, Union Berlin is top of the table — two points clear of Borussia Dortmund and five of Bayern Munich — with a 26-year-old American leading the charge.
On Sunday, he scored again — his third (to go with two assists) in six appearances — in Union's 2-0 victory over Wolfsburg. This one was a perfectly timed near post run to get in front of his marker and glance a header inside the opposite post.
This, my friends, is good forward play.
LA Galaxy continúa soñando con un boleto a los playoffs de la conferencia oeste de la MLS, luego de vencer 4-1 a Colorado Rapids, en una noche decorada con un par de golazos. Uno de ellos, por supuesto, tuvo el sello de Javier Hernández.
El equipo angelino comenzó como una tromba y antes de los 30 minutos vencía por 2-0 con anotaciones de Gastón Brugman y Raheem Edwards. Este último se lució con una conquista de tintes maradonianos, quebrando cinturas y cruzándola al ángulo ante la pasividad de la defensa rival.
Lyon kept pace with rival PSG at the top of the Division 1 Féminine table by beating Soyaux 2-1 on Sunday afternoon.
After opening the season last weekend with a commanding 5-1 victory over Stade Reims behind a Daniëlle van de Donk brace, Lyon found things more difficult on the grounds of the Groupama OL Training Center.
The match required a moment of magic from American midfielder Lindsey Horan in the 32nd-minute to open the scoring. After failing to get off the bench in Lyon's first game, Horan started alongside Van de Donk and Sara Däbritz in a three-woman midfield.
El Clásico Nacional se tiño de amarillo. América venció a Chivas 2-1 en el Estadio Azteca, en un duelo que dejó un par de buenas discusiones. ¿La más acalorada de todas? Un cabezazo de Sergio Flores que Guillermo Ochoa sacó de la línea con un guantazo milagroso.
O al menos eso es lo que dice el reporte oficial, ya que los aficionados del Rebaño Sagrado insisten en que el balón traspasó la línea y que los árbitros, los medios de comunicación y las fuerzas oscuras antichivas presentes en el universo decidieron no cobrarlo.
LONDON - Fifteen-year-old Ethan Nwaneri became the youngest player in Premier League history when he came on as a substitute for Arsenal as they returned to the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 3-0 win at Brentford on Sunday.
Goals from William Saliba and Gabriel Jesus gave Mikel Arteta's side a 2-0 lead at the break before Fábio Vieira completed the win in the 54th minute.
LONDON — Son Heung-min ended his scoring drought in stunning fashion with a sublime hat trick as Tottenham Hotspur crushed Leicester City 6-2 to move joint top of the Premier League on Saturday.
Rodrigo Bentancur's first goal for Tottenham was separating the sides in an entertaining tussle but Son, who started on the bench, exploded back to form with three goals in 14 minutes.
The South Korean, the Premier League's joint-top scorer last season with 23 goals, had not scored in Tottenham's first eight games and had lost his place to Dejan Kulusevski.
Bayern Munich suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Augsburg on Saturday, but the Bavarians nearly pulled out a late equalizer from a Manuel Neuer header. Only the goal-line save from the other keeper, Rafal Gikiewicz, kept Augsburg in front in the 95th minute.
It doesn't seem fair to even call it a tackle. A more apt description would be “murder attempt.” Wolves found itself behind early against Manchester City, but center back Nathan Collins almost killed Man City winger Jack Grealish with a ridiculous challenge, as City cruised to a 3-0 win.
A straight red card to Nathan Collins for this foul on Jack Grealish. Wolves are down to 10 men.