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    European roundup: Bayern win Der Klassiker, Messi saves the day for Barcelona

    Dortmund fell to 3rd.

    Bayern Munich originated from a goal to beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 at Signal Iduna Park as the Bavarian giants moved 2 points clear atop the Bundesliga standings.

    Both sides entered into ‘Der Klassiker’ having won 5 and lost as soon as in their opening 6 matches and they might not be divided at the end of a frenzied first half as Marco Reus‘ opener was soon counteracted by David Alaba

    Robert Lewandowski headed home soon after the resumption and Bayern had a 2-goal cushion with 10 minutes to go when Leroy Sane rounded off a fluid counter-attack, cutting in from the right and drilling past Roman Burki

    What. A. Game. #inSané @FCBayern pic.twitter.com/1KKr5QiM7y

    — Leroy Sané (@LeroySane19) November 7, 2020

    Erling Haaland pulled one back in the 83rd minute however there was to be no way back for Dortmund, who slipped to 3rd in the table after RB Leipzig thumped Freiburg 3-0.

    Ibrahima Konate put the hosts ahead prior to the half hour while Marcel Sabitzer‘s 70th-minute penalty and Angelino‘s late effort assisted Leipzig bounce back from last week’s defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach.

    First-half goals from Keita Endo, Robert Andrich and Sheraldo Becker, a penalty from Max Kruse and substitute Cedric Teuchert‘s late effort assisted Union Berlin move approximately 4th after a 5-0 trouncing of Arminia Bielefeld.

    Rock-bottom Mainz gathered their first point of the season with a 2-2 draw at fellow strugglers Schalke, Hertha Berlin claimed their second win of the season after winning 3-0 at Augsburg and Stuttgart and Frankfurt drew 2-2.

    In LaLiga, Lionel Messi came off the bench at half- time to score two times as Barcelona beat 10-man Real Betis 5-2 at the Nou Camp.

    Lionel Messi scored two times for Barcelona on Saturday (Joan Monfort/AP/PA)

    Ousmane Dembele had actually provided the home side the lead after 22 minutes, prior to Antoine Griezmann’s penalty was conserved and Antonio Sanabria equalised in first-half stoppage time.

    Messi, however, made an instantaneous effect as his creative stepover established Griezmann 5 minutes after the reboot and he then transformed a penalty after Aissa Mandi was revealed a red card for handball on the line following VAR review.

    Loren Idiot established a tense final 15 minutes, however Messi settled matters with another late 3rd goal and Pedri added a 5th as Ronald Koeman‘s side liquidated a much-needed success.

    Joao Felix bookended the scoring while there were also goals for Marcos Llorente and Luis Suarez as Atletico Madrid hammered Cadiz 4-0 to go to the top of the table, while Sevilla beat Osasuna 1-0 and Huesca and Eibar drew 1-1.

    Success! ✅ #PSGSRFC

    A brace from Ángel Di María and a goal from Moise Kean makes us the 3-0 win!

    #ICICESTPARIS pic.twitter.com/V03ESq0ajs

    — Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) November 7, 2020

    Angel Di Maria scored in either half as Paris St Germain moved 5 points clear atop Ligue 1 for a couple of hours a minimum of following a 3-0 success over third-placed Rennes.

    Moise Kean opened the scoring after 12 minutes prior to Di Maria bagged his first midway through the first half, ending up the scoring with a quarter of an hour to go as PSG claimed their 8th succeeding league win.

    Florent Mollet and Andy Delort were on-target in Saturday’s other match as Montpellier won 2-0 at Bordeaux.

    In Serie A, Spezia conveniently beat Benevento 3-0, Cagliari got rid of 10-man Sampdoria 2-0 while Parma-Sampdoria ended up goalless.

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