Soccer
Julian Alvarez’s double helps Atletico hit back to beat Real in Madrid derby
Julian Alvarez scored twice as Atletico Madrid came from behind to stun derby rivals Real Madrid 5-2 at the Metropolitano Stadium.
Robin Le Normand had headed the home side into the lead after 14 minutes.
However, Kylian Mbappe and Arda Guler struck to turn things around for the LaLiga leaders, who were looking to maintain their perfect start.
Alexander Sorloth levelled things again at 2-2 just before the break.
Alvarez converted a penalty to complete Atleti’s revival – and then crashed in a free-kick before substitute Antoine Griezmann wrapped up a memorable afternoon for Diego Simeone’s men in stoppage time.
A late goal from substitute Alberto Moleiro gave Villarreal a 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao to leave them third, level on points with Barcelona, who play on Sunday.
Takuma Asano struck just before half-time to secure struggling Mallorca a first win of the season as they beat Alaves 1-0 at Son Moix, while Getafe were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Levante.
Borussia Dortmund kept up the pace at the top of the Bundesliga with a 2-0 win at 10-man Mainz.
Daniel Svensson put the visitors in front before Karim Adeyemi doubled the lead ahead of half-time with a low strike.
Mainz saw goalkeeper Robin Zentner shown a red card with 20 minutes left for bringing down Adeyemi.
Bayer Leverkusen continued their unbeaten run under new coach Kasper Hjulmand with a 2-1 win at St Pauli.
Edmond Tapsoba saw his opener cancelled out by an equaliser from St Pauli defender Hauke Wahl, but Ernest Poku came off the bench to fire what proved the winning goal just before the hour.
Johan Bakayoko’s early goal gave RB Leipzig a 1-0 win at Wolfsburg, while Heidenheim got their first victory of the season after seeing off fellow strugglers Augsburg 2-1.
Robin Koch struck a brace as Frankfurt ran out 6-4 winners at bottom club Borussia Monchengladbach – who scored all of their goals in a chaotic last 20 minutes.
Paris St Germain consolidated top spot in Ligue 1 with a 2-0 win over Auxerre at Parc des Princes.
PSG – who had lost at Marseille last weekend – took the lead in the 32nd minute through defender Illia Zabarnyi.
Lucas Beraldo headed in a second in the 54th minute as PSG – who play Barcelona in the Champions League next week – kept themselves three points clear of the chasing pack.
Monaco had earlier slipped to a 3-1 defeat at Lorient, where they had defender Thilo Kehrer sent off just ahead of half-time and substitute Pablo Pagis then scored a late brace for the hosts.
Toulouse twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Nantes.
Juventus missed the chance to go top of Serie A after being held to a 1-1 draw at home by Atalanta, who finished with 10 men.
Kamaldeen Sulemana put Juve in front just before half-time, but Atalanta substitute Juan Cabal stabbed home an equaliser in the 78th minute before Marten de Roon was dismissed after a second caution.
Substitute Pio Esposito scored his first Serie A goal as Inter Milan won 2-0 at Cagliari.
Lautaro Martinez had opened the scoring after nine minutes, with Esposito – who came up against his older brother Sebastiano in the Cagliari side – striking late on.
Como finished with 10 men after a late red card for Jesus Rodriguez in their 1-1 draw with Cremonese.
