Raphinha rampant as Real and Arsenal falter, Bayern ruthless across Europe | OneFootball

Barcelona and Bayern flexed again, Atlético won the Madrid derby, and Arsenal suffered a first league defeat. After seven Liga rounds, Real already trail Barça by six points.

Le Progres rounds up the action.

Barça won 3-1 at Sevilla, Real lost 2-1 to Atlético. Reduced to 10 after a Dean Huijsen shirt pull, Real conceded Alejandro Grimaldo’s 53-minute penalty, Vinícius Júnior went off for Yan Diomandé on 54, then Jonathan David finished Lee Kang In’s cross on 59. Antonio Rüdiger headed an 89-minute reply, with irritation over two Atlético tackles that could have seen red.

Barcelona are flying, 31 goals in seven matches, Raphinha on 12 after a Sanchez Pizjuán hat-trick on 22, 52 and 69 minutes. Lamine Yamal supplied two assists.

It was grim for the holders, Arsenal beaten 3-0 at Brighton. Pascal Gross, Charalampos Kostoulas and Chema Andrés scored on 31, 45 and 57 minutes, lifting the Seagulls to third after five rounds, just behind their victims.

On Sunday Manchester City went top with a 5-3 home win over Sunderland. Enzo Fernández netted on nine minutes, Brian Brobbey on 12, 33 and 59, Rayan Cherki on 29, then Erling Haaland on 81.

Bayern crushed Union Berlin 7-0 on Friday. Michael Olise scored on 43, 73 and 76 and assisted, while Harry Kané added goals on 39 and 54 to reach 100 in 98 matches, a fastest mark. Borussia Dortmund top the table.

Source: Le Progres

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