Robert Lewandowski’s brace helped Barcelona climb to the top of La Liga as they cruised to a 3-0 win at home to 10-man Elche.
Lewandowski has scored in both halves and has now netted 11 goals in eight appearances in all competitions since joining Barca from Bayern Munich in the summer.
Memphis Depay also scored his first goal for the Catalans after arriving from Lyon in July.
Depay’s strike was sandwiched by Lewandowski’s brace as Elche failed to bother Xavi’s side after skipper Gonzalo Verdu was dismissed early for bringing down the Polish forward.
Barca sit one point above Real Madrid, who play city rivals Atletico on Sunday.
Athletic Bilbao held on to beat Rayo Vallecano 3-2 at home and climb to third place in the table.
After Oscar Trejo gave the visitors an early lead, Inaki Williams, Ohian Sancet and Nico Williams took control of Athletic and they held on despite Radamel Falcao’s late effort.
FULL TIME I Victory of Athletic in San Mamés to settle in the European places. Lions beat @RayoVallecano thanks to goals from Iñaki Williams, Sancet and Nico Williams.— Athletic Club (@Athletic_fr) September 17, 2022
Samu Castillejo, Marcos Andre and Andre Almeida scored for Valencia in a 3-0 win over Celta Vigo which took them one point clear of the top six.
Mallorca bounced back from last week’s 4-1 loss to Real by beating Almeria 1-0 at home, courtesy of Pablo Maffeo’s first-half header.
Bayern Munich slipped to their first Bundesliga defeat of the season, losing 1-0 at Augsburg, and could climb out of the top four by the end of the weekend.
Mergim Berisha’s lone strike ended a three-game home defeat streak for Augsburg as they recorded their first home win of the season and extended Bayern’s league winless streak to four matches.
Borussia Dortmund moved top of the table with a 1-0 win at home to derby rivals Schalke, with teenage substitute Youssoufa Moukoko leading a late winner.
Borussia Mönchengladbach moved into the top six after beating RB Leipzig 3-0 at home. Germany midfielder Jonas Hofmann netted a first-half brace and Ramy Bensebaini completed the scoring.
Eintracht Frankfurt are a point behind in seventh after their 3-1 victory in Stuttgart, where Sebastian Rode, Daichi Kamada and Kristijan Jakic were on target for the visitors. Tiago Tomas answered for the hosts.
Milos Veljkovic’s late equalizer saved Werder Bremen from a 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen, who had led through Kerem Demirbay, and the point was enough to lift the home side from the bottom three.
In Serie A, Agustin Alvarez’s stoppage-time header earned Sassuolo their first away win of the season, 1-0 at Turin, which has lost three of its last four matches.
Empoli recorded their first league win of the season as Filippo Bandinelli scored the game’s only goal in Bologna and winless Sampdoria stayed in the bottom three after losing 2-1 at Spezia.
In Ligue 1, Lille moved up to sixth after beating Toulouse 2-1 at home and Strasbourg’s winless streak was extended to eight matches as they lost by the same scoreline to Montpellier.
