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Napoli moved top of the table with a 2-0 victory over Monza, who extended their winless run in Serie A to 15 games. Following a sobering start to the campaign with a 3-0 opening-day defeat at Hellas Verona, Antonio Conte has overseen a dramatic upturn in form that yielded 10 points from their previous four league games.

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Lucas Vazquez bagged the fastest La Liga goal of the season as Real Madrid staved off a late comeback to beat Deportivo Alaves 3-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu in Carlo Ancelotti’s 300th match in charge. It was surprisingly a full-strength Los Blancos lineup despite Sunday’s Madrid derby looming large, and it took less than a minute for the 36-time champions to grab control of the game.

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Tottenham Hotspur enjoyed their outing at Old Trafford as they beat the miserable 10 men of Manchester United 3-0 in the Premier League (PL), going a fourth consecutive head-to-head unbeaten in the process. Spurs came out aggressively and were rewarded in the third minute thanks to a swashbuckling burst forward from Micky van de Ven, which started in his own half and culminated in a pinpoint pass across goal for Brennan Johnson to convert at the back post.

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Real Betis missed out on the chance to record three successive victories at home for the first time in almost a year after Dani Rodriguez and Valery gave RCD Mallorca a 2-1 comeback victory after Giovani Lo Celso’s thunderous opener. Betis celebrated the life of club member number one Juan Antonio Campos Camacho prior to the game, after he passed away aged 88 on Thursday.

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Jens Petter Hauge scored the second European brace of his career to lead 10-man Bodø/Glimt past Portuguese giants Porto, sealing a 3-2 victory at Aspmyra Stadion to leave the visitors without a win in four UEFA Europa League (UEL) matches.

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Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (32) could miss the rest of the season injured after the Catalan club said Monday he had completed knee surgery following a tendon rupture.

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Barcelona continued their 100 per cent start to the season with a 1-0 win over Getafe at the Estadi Olímpic Lluis Companys, securing a ninth consecutive home La Liga victory in the process. Table-topping Barcelona have swept aside all before them and came up against an Azulones side still waiting for their first win this season.

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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said on Monday that he has no plans to retire as he prepares for his 300th match in charge in a LaLiga clash against Alaves.