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Barcelona failed to win for the second time in three matches

Pique
Image: A Gerard Pique handball gave away a late penalty against Osasuna

Barcelona conceded a late penalty in a 2-2 draw with Osasuna, while Bayern Munich thrashed Mainz 6-1.

Osasuna's Roberto Torres scored twice as Barcelona dropped points for the second time this season after just three games.
Roberto Torres celebrates his second-half equaliser against Barca
Image: Roberto Torres celebrates his second-half equaliser against Barca
Torres gave his side the lead after just seven minutes but Barcelona equalised through 16-year-old Anssumane Fati. Brazilian midfielder Artur gave the La Liga champions the lead before Gerard Pique handled in the box and Torres hit the equaliser.

La Liga results

  • Osasuna 2-2 Barcelona
  • Getafe 1-1 Alaves
  • Levante 2-0 Real Valladolid
  • Real Betis 2-1 Leganes

Barcelona lost their first game of the season to Athletic Bilbao, and conceded twice on the way to a 5-2 thrashing of Real Betis last weekend.

Barca are still without the injured Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, though summer signing Antoine Griezmann started up front.

Ligue 1 results

  • Lyon 1-1 Bordeaux
  • Angers 2-0 Dijon
  • Toulouse 2-0 Amiens
  • Nantes 1-0 Montpellier
  • Nimes 3-0 Brest

Bayern cruise to victory again

Alphonso Davies scored his second league goal for Bayern Munich
Image: Alphonso Davies scored his second league goal for Bayern Munich
Robert Lewandowski followed last week's hat-trick with another goal as Bayern Munich battered Mainz.

The Bundesliga champions were behind after six minutes when Jean-Paul Boetius opened the scoring for Mainz, but Bayern hit back through David Alaba and Benjamin Pavard before half-time.

Bundesliga results

  • Bayern Munich 6-1 Mainz
  • Freiburg 1-2 Cologne
  • Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Hoffenheim
  • Schalke 3-0 Hertha
  • Wolfsburg 1-1 Paderborn
  • Union Berlin 3-1 Borussia Dortmund
Ivan Perisic, on loan from Inter Milan, scored his second Bundesliga goal before Kingsley Coman, Lewandowski and 18-year-old Alphonso Davies made it six.

Bayern move up to second after taking seven points from their first two games, but remain behind RB Leipzig who stay top after maintaining their 100 per cent record with victory over Borussia Monchengladbach. Title-rivals Borussia Dortmund gave up their perfect record in a 3-1 defeat to Union Berlin.

Koulibaly hands Juve last-gasp victory

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Image: Juventus snatched a last-gasp victory against Napoli

Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly scored an injury-time own goal to hand Juventus a 4-3 Serie A victory in Turin after the visitors had fought back from three goals down.

Goals from Danilo, Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo gave the Italian champions a 3-0 lead with less than half an hour remaining.

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But Napoli refused to give up as Kostas Manolas and Hirving Lozano scored within two minutes of each other before Giovanni Di Lorenzo completed a stunning comeback.

But Koulibaly volleyed a free-kick into his own net in stoppage time to hand Juve an early advantage in the Serie A title race.

Earlier in the day, AC Milan edged past Brescia thanks to Hakan Calhanoglu's 12th-minute strike.

Serie A results

  • AC Milan 1-0 Brescia
  • Juventus 4-3 Napoli
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