The giants of the European leagues continued to flex their muscles this weekend as Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain maintained their 100% records.
Teenager Lamine Yamal shone for Barca with two goals in their 4-1 win at Girona while Harry Kane hit his fifth hat-trick in a Bayern shirt as they thrashed Bundesliga new boys Holstein Kiel.
There were goals for Tammy Abraham and Conor Gallagher too.
Here’s what you may have missed across Europe this weekend.
Mbappe finds his feet as Barca lead the way
Barcelona stayed top of the standings in Spain as Yamal scored twice in a dominant first half.
Dani Olmo and Pedri also found the net before former Manchester City winger Ferran Torres, who had only been on the pitch for 17 minutes, was shown a red card for a heavy challenge on Yaser Asprilla.
Real Madrid are four points behind after a 2-0 win at Real Sociedad secured with second-half penalties by Vinicius Jr and Kylian Mbappe.
Real boss Carlo Ancelotti said his side were not dominant enough to deserve the win despite being without midfielders Jude Bellingham, Eduardo Camavinga, Dani Ceballos and Aurelien Tchouameni.
“It was a complicated match. We didn’t deserve to win, because Real Sociedad pushed us really hard,” he said.
“We held on and suffered, showed character and a lot of commitment. I value that a lot because it’s not easy to find commitment in a team with so much talent and quality and we did it.”
England midfielder Conor Gallagher and former Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez scored their first goals for Atletico Madrid as they beat Valencia 3-0.
