Another play of headlines, golazos and unpredictable finishes crossed Europe's biggest leagues. From Real Madrid bossing Barcelona 3-1 successful the Clasico, to Union Berlin continuing to beryllium the astonishment Bundesliga leaders, determination was nary shortage of drama.
ESPN correspondents Rob Dawson, Julien Laurens, Sam Marsden, James Tyler, Mark Ogden and Mike Wise interruption down the large worldly you request to cognize astir the weekend.
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Talking points
Atleti determination 3rd successful shadiness of the Clasico
Most eyes were connected El Clasico this play arsenic Real Madrid bushed Barcelona 3-1 to determination apical of LaLiga, which is conscionable however Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone likes it. It has been a hard commencement to the run for Atletico astatine times, particularly successful the Champions League, but things are coming unneurotic successful LaLiga.
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This play pitted them against third-placed Athletic Club astatine San Mames, a crushed they had not won astatine successful implicit 5 years. They produced a show successful the representation of immoderate of the champion Simeone sides passim the years, though, digging successful to repel Athletic's changeless attacks and unafraid a 1-0 triumph acknowledgment to a extremity from Antoine Griezmann. The triumph lifted Atleti past their hosts and into 3rd spot connected the ladder. All of a abrupt they are conscionable 3 points down Barca, who hadn't mislaid earlier this play successful the league.
The extremity was Griezmann's 100th for Atletico and it came aft his indebtedness from Barca was made imperishable this week, prompting an apology from the French guardant aft the crippled for the mode helium near the nine successful 2019 for Camp Nou.
"I cognize radical privation to perceive it from maine and I privation to accidental I americium atrocious for immoderate harm I caused," helium said. "But, much than anything, I privation to apologise with effort connected the transportation and nights similar this." -- Marsden
Antoine Griezmann has apologised to Atleti fans for the "hurt" helium caused them by leaving the nine to articulation LaLiga rivals Barcelona. pic.twitter.com/2st0HQopuA
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 16, 2022
Paris enactment unbeaten aft classical Classique
It was not the astir tense Classique successful history, but this variation of the rivalry betwixt Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille -- the archetypal of the 2022-2023 run -- felt a spot similar aged times. It was a apical of the array clash (or conscionable about), with a reddish card, chances connected some sides, immoderate large tackles, immoderate large moves and immoderate outstanding performances individually (Neymar, Chancel Mbemba, Pau Lopez) -- each staged successful the resplendent Parc des Princes.
In the end, determination was conscionable 1 victor and it is ever the same. Marseille had lone won erstwhile successful the past 25 encounters betwixt the 2 teams and PSG extended that grounds to 1 successful 26 connected Sunday. The Parisians were worthy 1-0 winners; they were the amended squad adjacent if l'OM caused them problems astatine times with their businesslike property and aggression. Marseille defender Samuel Gigot took it excessively acold and was sent disconnected successful the 2nd half.
Neymar was erstwhile again the King of Paris and of France arsenic the Classique is without a uncertainty the astir important crippled successful the country. The Brazilian was outstanding and scored the winning goal, mounting the signifier for a tantalizing reverse fixture astatine the Stade Velodrome astatine the extremity of February. -- Laurens
Messi's family's absorption to his escaped footwear hitting the underside of the crossbar 😮 pic.twitter.com/7fmGv2xrAq
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BVB bring gifts to Union, who stay apical of Bundesliga
It's important to beryllium a bully impermanent erstwhile you're successful someone's house; possibly you bring a acquisition to dinner, oregon a bully vessel of vino to complement the spread. In Dortmund's case, they turned up astatine league-leading Union Berlin and saw acceptable to manus the hosts the game's opening extremity wrong 9 minutes, which helped "the Iron Ones" connected their mode to the comfiest of 2-0 wins that preserved their presumption atop the Bundesliga.
Was it necessary? Hardly: Dortmund seldom threatened contempt having implicit 75% possession astatine the Stadion An der Alten Forsterei, which meant Janik Haberer's 2 goals successful the opening 21 minutes were capable to instrumentality each 3 points. The archetypal extremity was the Dortmund gift, arsenic Gregor Kobel's footwear got stuck successful the turf erstwhile trying to footwear a backpass good down-field; his helpless descent near Haberer each unsocial to drift successful and pat location from six yards out, adjacent looking astir for an adjunct referee's emblem conscionable to marque definite helium was successful the wide to finish. Where his archetypal decorativeness required a gentle touch, Haberer's 2nd displayed his powerfulness arsenic Dortmund failed to wide their lines and helium thumped it done a assemblage successful the container from 25+ yards to permission Kobel clutching air.
Union Berlin are the Cinderella squad this play crossed Europe's 5 leagues and amusement nary signs of slowing down -- they've already taken 7 points from 3 games against Dortmund, Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig, the presumptive 3 champion teams successful Germany -- but there's a agelong mode near to run. Can they bash implicit the adjacent 24 games what they've done implicit the archetypal 10? -- Tyler
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Shaka Hislop shares his disappointment with Borussia Dortmund successful their 2-0 decision to table-topping Union Berlin.
Sunday a motion of the times
No substance which squad you support, a shot instrumentality volition deterioration their club's colours with pride. Being a "red" oregon a "blue" matters, successful bully times oregon bad.
But the creep of commercialism successful the modern crippled present sees teams changing their historical colours for nary crushed different to warrant the accumulation of a alteration portion which has small oregon nary transportation to the nine that happens to deterioration it.
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It is wherefore Manchester City wore what appeared to beryllium a airy imitation of a Borussia Dortmund portion astatine Liverpool, alternatively than their celebrated entity bluish shirts which person ne'er clashed with Liverpool's red.
The aforesaid crushed applies to Newcastle United choosing not to deterioration their accepted black-and-white stripes astatine Manchester United -- again, nary clash with the location team's reddish -- but alternatively opting to play successful their arguable achromatic and greenish outfit, which conscionable hap to beryllium the colours of Saudi Arabia, whose Public Investment Fund owns 80% of the club.
And past however astir Arsenal wearing an all-black portion astatine Leeds erstwhile they have, for galore years, worn their reddish and achromatic shirts astatine Elland Road with nary contented whatsoever.
All 3 of the games mentioned are classical fixtures that person agelong been woven into the cloth of English football, but the images of Sunday's Premier League games volition rise eyebrows successful years to travel with fans asking wherefore connected Earth their squad played successful specified garish kits that lone service to devalue the brands they are trying to promote. -- Ogden
Goals
Kyriakopoulos' unbelievable volley
After scoring 1 of the goals of the season, if not the extremity of the play already, Georgios Kyriakopoulos tin nonstop arsenic galore kisses and hearts to his wife, to Greece oregon to whoever and wherever helium wants done the camera.
The Sassuolo left-back's volley is 1 of the astir beautiful, astir pure, astir powerful, astir sensational strikes you volition spot each season. On a transverse from Luca d'Andrea from the right, the 26-year-old deed the shot consecutive nether the crossbar and Marco Sportiello successful the Atalanta extremity had hardly the clip to spot it, fto unsocial react.
Sassuolo took the pb and, possibly due to the fact that of the implicit quality of the goal, they benignant of switched disconnected aft that and conceded 3 minutes aboriginal and conscionable aft the interruption to suffer 2-1. It is simply a shame to people a extremity similar that for nothing, but Kyriakopoulos and the ones who saw it volition ne'er hide it. -- Laurens
A sensational decorativeness from Giorgos Kyriakopoulos 💥 pic.twitter.com/em1kGcTk1I
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 15, 2022
Tillman sends a connection to Berhalter
Malik Tillman has struggled to marque an interaction successful the Scottish Premiership since sealing a season-long indebtedness to Rangers from Bayern during the summertime window, scoring conscionable 2 goals successful 14 appearances up of Sunday's travel to Motherwell.
But with conscionable implicit a period to spell until the World Cup starts successful Qatar, the United States guardant boosted his chances of a spot successful Gregg Berhalter's squad by scoring a wonderment extremity arsenic Rangers bounced backmost from the midweek 7-1 Champions League humiliation against Liverpool with a much-needed 2-1 triumph astatine Fir Park.
Tillman, who played 66 minutes of the Liverpool decision astatine Ibrox, opened the scoring against Motherwell aboriginal successful the second-half by picking the shot up conscionable extracurricular the centre-circle successful his ain fractional and beating 5 defenders earlier netting 1 of the goals of the season.
Tillman had failed to people successful immoderate crippled for nine oregon state since a extremity against St Johnstone successful mid-August, truthful helium needed to extremity his extremity drought quickly. And helium did truthful successful spectacular benignant to assistance Rangers connected the mode to a triumph that moved Giovanni van Bronckhorst's squad to wrong 2 points of leaders Celtic. -- Ogden
Malik Tilman with a ultimate idiosyncratic effort! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/h5bGXICFaF
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 16, 2022
Lindstrom lifts 1 arsenic Eintracht thrash Leverkusen
Eintracht Frankfurt did plentifulness to pump the brakes connected the "Xabi Alonso Is An Amazing Manager Express" this weekend, chasing Bayer Leverkusen relentlessly en way to a 5-1 win. In the mediate of that was the cheekiest of goals from Eintracht playmaker Jesper Lindstrom, a spot of decoration connected apical of a ascendant display.
The Denmark planetary notched the 3rd extremity of a crippled that ne'er seemed close, stealing successful down Piero Hincapie aft a sloppy transition of play earlier calmly chipping it beyond a dazed and confused Lukas Hradecky from a constrictive angle. It was eye-catching and emphatic contempt being the gentlest of finishes. More, please! -- Tyler
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Jesper Lindstrom scores with a delightful spot to enactment Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 up vs. Bayer Leverkusen.
Salah is back, baby!
Fresh disconnected of netting the fastest-ever Champions League chapeau instrumentality midweek, Mohamed Salah confirmed his instrumentality to signifier by scoring Liverpool's victor against Manchester City connected Sunday.
After pouncing connected a mistake by Joao Cancelo, Salah kept his chill to decorativeness past Ederson -- not lone securing a captious 3 points for Jurgen Klopp's broadside but proving to the remainder of the Premier League that reigning champions Man City are, successful fact, beatable. -- Wise
Alisson assist. Mo Salah goal. Reports of Liverpool's demise, greatly exaggerated 🇪🇬👑 pic.twitter.com/tuZUEfaB4L
— Men successful Blazers (@MenInBlazers) October 16, 2022Teams successful trouble
Hasenhuttl feeling the heat
Southampton got a gully against West Ham United connected Sunday but, aft 10 games, they've earned conscionable 8 points and inhabit 1 of the Premier League's 3 relegation places.
The Saints are without a triumph since August and, if they are going to propulsion wide of trouble, they truly request to commencement taking vantage of their games astatine St Mary's. They took the pb against West Ham but were pegged backmost by Declan Rice's second-half equaliser -- the 2nd clip successful 3 games that they've dropped points from a winning position.
Manager Ralph Hasenhuttl is already nether unit and it volition lone summation if Southampton suffer to in-form Bournemouth successful their adjacent game. -- Dawson
A atrocious week for the Blaugrana
Barcelona's play has been turned upside down successful the abstraction of 5 days. After a gully with Internazionale near them connected the verge of Champions League elimination connected Wednesday, they were good beaten by Real Madrid successful Sunday's Clasico astatine the Santiago Bernabeu. Madrid won 3-1 successful the end, though you got the content they could person played astatine a higher tempo if they truly needed to -- but Barca ne'er demanded it of them.
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Speaking to ESPN up of the Clasico, Barca midfielder Pedri conceded that the squad are easy bruised erstwhile they concede. You could spot that against Madrid arsenic they went 1-0 and past 2-0 down successful the archetypal half. They volition desperately request to prime themselves up mentally successful the coming days -- and immense improvements are needed successful defence -- due to the fact that determination are much hard games connected the horizon. Villarreal, Athletic Club, Bayern Munich and Valencia are each to travel earlier the extremity of the month.
This is the archetypal large situation of manager Xavi Hernandez's tenure. In his archetypal play successful charge, helium could autumn backmost connected the excuse that it wasn't his team; that the process would instrumentality time. After the nine invested €150 cardinal successful the squad implicit the summer, the accent is present connected him to present results. -- Marsden
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Steve McManaman and Ian Darke sermon Barcelona and Real Madrid's performances successful El Clasico.
Weekend MVP
Credit to O'Neil for Cherries resurgence
Since Gary O'Neil was appointed arsenic caretaker manager of Bournemouth connected August 30, his squad are unbeaten aft winning 2 and drafting 4 of his six games successful charge.
Remember that this was a Bournemouth broadside who were smashed 9-0 by Liverpool successful Scott Parker's past crippled arsenic manager but little than 2 months later, they are sitting ninth successful the Premier League array aft a 2-2 gully astatine Fulham connected Saturday.
O'Neil couldn't person done overmuch much to beryllium helium is the antheral to instrumentality the apical occupation permanently and aft specified a affirmative tally of results, determination tin beryllium nary uncertainty that the dressing country would beryllium down his appointment. -- Dawson
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