Karim Benzema netted twice late as Real Madrid secured a 3-1 win over Espanyol.
Madrid had been in danger of losing their first La Liga points of the season until Benzema finished from close range to put them ahead in the 88th minute.
It came after Espanyol’s Joselu finished on the rebound two minutes before half-time to cancel out Vinicius Junior’s opener in the 12th minute.
But after regaining the lead, Madrid maintained their lead in a long stretch of extra time.
Benjamin Lecomte was sent off after VAR improved his yellow for a foul on Dani Ceballos in red, and as the clock reached the 10th minute of injury time, Benzema’s free kick made it 3-1.
Robert Lewandowski scored a second brace in Barcelona colors to help the Catalans to a 4-0 win over Real Valladolid.
Lewandowski and Ousmane Dembele both hit the post before Lewandowski returned Raphinha’s cross in the 24th minute.
Pedri curled in a second before Lewandowski headed home his second backheel in the 65th minute, and Sergi Roberto completed the win.
Getafe and Villarreal shared the points from a goalless draw.
Eintracht Frankfurt secured their first Bundesliga victory of the season with a 4-3 victory at Wolfsburg.
Mario Gotze scored just two minutes but Eintracht fell behind after Anthony Jung and Leonardo Bittencourt netted twice in four minutes.
Randal Muani equalized and Jesper Lindstrom put Eintracht ahead six minutes before the break.
Djibril Sow added a fourth three minutes into the second half and it proved vital as Niclas Fullkrug netted a late penalty for the hosts.
Cologne and Stuttgart played out a goalless draw in which Stuttgart’s Luca Pfeiffer saw red early in the second half.
Paris St Germain dropped points for the first time in Ligue 1 this season as they were held 1-1 by Monaco.
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Kevin Volland put Monaco ahead with 21 minutes remaining, but PSG salvaged a point when Neymar scored from the penalty spot 19 minutes from time.
Marseille leveled the points in the lead with a 3-0 win at Nice thanks to two first-half goals from Alexis Sanchez either side of Nuno Tavares’ strike.
Elye Wahi and Valere Germain each scored twice as Montpellier won 7-0 at Brest, Faitout Maouassa, Wahbi Khazri and Nicolas Cozza securing the others.
Nantes fell behind an early Zakari Aboukhal goal but came back to win 3-1 thanks to second-half goals from Evann Guessand, Mostafa Mohamed and Moses Simon.
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Moussa Dembele’s 87th-minute goal saved a point for Lyon in a 1-1 draw at Reims, which saw midfielder Dion Lopy sent off with 27 minutes remaining, Troyes beat Angers with 10 3-1 and Lorient beat Clermont Foot, also at 10. , 2-1.
Teun Koopmeiners’ 51st-minute goal was enough to give Atalanta a 1-0 win at Verona that lifted them into fourth place at the start of the Serie A table.
Salernitana claimed their first league win of the season in style with a 4-0 win over Sampdoria – with Boulaye Dia, Federico Bonazzoli, Tonny Vilhena and Erik Botheim scoring the goals.
Gabriel Strefezza canceled out Fabiono Parisi’s goal as Lecce and Empoli drew 1-1, while goalless between Fiorentina and Napoli.
