LAMINE YAMAL STRUCK twice to help Barcelona to an exciting 4-2 win at Levante on Sunday in La Liga, extending the Catalans’ perfect start to the season.
Hansi Flick’s side reestablished their three point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the table, after Los Blancos beat Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.
Xavi Espart opened the scoring for the champions in Valencia with Yamal netting the second and then scoring a penalty early in the second half.
Lamine Yamal celebrates after scoring his team's third goal. (Magara Press SL) Alamy Stock Photo
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Barca may have a 100% record so far from their five games, but their defensive frailties were exposed as Ivan Romero and Roger Brugue pulled Levante back into the game in the final stages.
Substitute Karim Adeyemi made the game safe for Barca in stoppage time with a stunning solo goal, breaking through at pace and beating Mathew Ryan.
Bundesliga: Elversberg 1-2 Bayern Munich
Harry Kane scored his first goal of the season to help Bayern Munich edge to a 2-1 win at promoted Elversberg in the Bundesliga.
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Handed the captain’s armband with skipper Manuel Neuer rested, Kane scored with 18 minutes remaining to break a 1-1 deadlock and put the defending champions on track for victory.
Bayern had taken the lead through teenage Germany winger Lennart Karl but Elversberg levelled things up just after the hour mark thanks to a stunning curling effort from Maurice Krattenmacher.
Harry Kane (right) with Lennart Karl. Alamy Stock Photo
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Kane scored 36 league goals last campaign but after drawing a blank in his first two matches he told DAZN: “That’s football — sometimes you have to wait more than you’d have expected.
“It was nice to get the goal and the three points. It’s a tough place so we’re happy with the win… We probably haven’t reached our top level yet, but it’s still early days.”
The defeat was Elversberg’s first after opening their maiden Bundesliga campaign with two wins from two.
Coming from a town of just 13,000, Elversberg represent the smallest town to have ever played in the German top flight.
Ligue 1: Brest 0-1 PSG
Ferran Torres was on target as champions Paris Saint-Germain finally got their Ligue 1 campaign up and running with a 1-0 win at Brest on Sunday.
Prior to their trip to Brittany, Luis Enrique’s double Champions League-winning side had managed just two points from their opening three matches in an uncharacteristically sluggish start to the league season.
They began their quest to win a third consecutive Champions League title by thrashing Slovan Bratislava 6-1 on Wednesday and four days later they are now off the mark domestically thanks to new signing Torres.
The close-season arrival from Barcelona, who scored the winning goal for Spain in the World Cup final this summer, netted a hat-trick midweek and followed it up with a sumptuous early strike at Brest’s Stade Francis-Le Ble.
Torres, 26, now has six goals in five outings in all competitions for PSG.
The result sent the Parisians up to seventh in the league table, with an identical record to their hosts, who had been unbeaten heading into the encounter.
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LAST UPDATE | 13 Sep
La Liga: Barcelona 4-2 Levante
LAMINE YAMAL STRUCK twice to help Barcelona to an exciting 4-2 win at Levante on Sunday in La Liga, extending the Catalans’ perfect start to the season.
Hansi Flick’s side reestablished their three point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the table, after Los Blancos beat Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.
Xavi Espart opened the scoring for the champions in Valencia with Yamal netting the second and then scoring a penalty early in the second half.
Barca may have a 100% record so far from their five games, but their defensive frailties were exposed as Ivan Romero and Roger Brugue pulled Levante back into the game in the final stages.
Substitute Karim Adeyemi made the game safe for Barca in stoppage time with a stunning solo goal, breaking through at pace and beating Mathew Ryan.
Bundesliga: Elversberg 1-2 Bayern Munich
Harry Kane scored his first goal of the season to help Bayern Munich edge to a 2-1 win at promoted Elversberg in the Bundesliga.
Handed the captain’s armband with skipper Manuel Neuer rested, Kane scored with 18 minutes remaining to break a 1-1 deadlock and put the defending champions on track for victory.
Bayern had taken the lead through teenage Germany winger Lennart Karl but Elversberg levelled things up just after the hour mark thanks to a stunning curling effort from Maurice Krattenmacher.
Kane scored 36 league goals last campaign but after drawing a blank in his first two matches he told DAZN: “That’s football — sometimes you have to wait more than you’d have expected.
“It was nice to get the goal and the three points. It’s a tough place so we’re happy with the win… We probably haven’t reached our top level yet, but it’s still early days.”
The defeat was Elversberg’s first after opening their maiden Bundesliga campaign with two wins from two.
Coming from a town of just 13,000, Elversberg represent the smallest town to have ever played in the German top flight.
Ligue 1: Brest 0-1 PSG
Ferran Torres was on target as champions Paris Saint-Germain finally got their Ligue 1 campaign up and running with a 1-0 win at Brest on Sunday.
Prior to their trip to Brittany, Luis Enrique’s double Champions League-winning side had managed just two points from their opening three matches in an uncharacteristically sluggish start to the league season.
They began their quest to win a third consecutive Champions League title by thrashing Slovan Bratislava 6-1 on Wednesday and four days later they are now off the mark domestically thanks to new signing Torres.
The close-season arrival from Barcelona, who scored the winning goal for Spain in the World Cup final this summer, netted a hat-trick midweek and followed it up with a sumptuous early strike at Brest’s Stade Francis-Le Ble.
Torres, 26, now has six goals in five outings in all competitions for PSG.
The result sent the Parisians up to seventh in the league table, with an identical record to their hosts, who had been unbeaten heading into the encounter.
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