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Bayer Leverkusen ended a five-match winless home run against Italian opposition by seeing off AC Milan at the BayArena, making it back-to-back victories to open their UEFA Champions League (UCL) campaign in the process. Visitors Milan were comfortably beaten on match day one of this competition by Liverpool, and they looked intent on avoiding another reverse as they set up to frustrate Leverkusen here.

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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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Arsenal extended their longest unbeaten run under Mikel Arteta to 15 matches (W12, D3) by defeating Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 in the Champions League, putting in an authoritative performance under the lights at the Emirates Stadium.

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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 made a swift return to winning ways, marking their first-ever competitive H2H against Young Boys with a dominant 5-0 victory in the UEFA Champions League (UCL) - ensuring that the Swiss side’s wait for a first away victory in the top tier of European football since 1960 goes on.

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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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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.