Under-fire Manchester City stayed perfect in the Premier League, while Bayern Munich hit six goals against visiting Leipzig in the Bundesliga. Lamine Yamal stood out for Barcelona in a bad-tempered and spectacular 5-2 win at Real Betis on Saturday that maintained the visitors’ perfect start to La Liga before a Champions League showdown with Paris Saint-Germain. PSG also won, coming from behind with substitute Ousmane Dembele missing a penalty before later scoring in a 3-1 victory at Strasbourg in the French league.
Luis Diaz scored a hat trick for the Bavarian powerhouse, which next faces Arsenal in the Champions League in Munich on Wednesday. The result increased the pressure on Espanyol coach Manolo Gonzalez after a fifth defeat from nine games for the club owned by American Alan Pace. City became only the third team to open a Premier League season with seven straight wins. Manzambi celebrated his 21st birthday Wednesday by scoring on his Champions League debut. It comes after Wednesday’s Champions League loss at Bodo/Glimt.
Alex Baena scored in the 89th for Atlético Madrid to beat Espanyol 1-0 away and stretch his team’s winning run to six games across all competitions. Pedro Neto scored early and late in the second half to lead Chelsea to a 2-0 win at previously undefeated Everton in a Premier League match marred by a serious-looking head injury to Chelsea goalkeeper Emi Martinez. Scandal-hit Man City maintained its perfect start with a 3-2 home win over Ipswich. Liverpool rallied to win 2-1 at Brentford, and Johan Manzambi’s brilliant week continued when he scored for Aston Villa in a 1-0 win at Newcastle. Harry Kane took his tally to 102 goals in 100 Bundesliga games as Bayern rebounded from an uncharacteristic 2-game winless run with a 6-1 rout of visiting Leipzig. Borussia Dortmund was winning before the international break and has not won since after being held 0-0 at Union Berlin for its second straight Bundesliga draw.
