European Roundup: Haaland, Lukaku and Zlatan score as Barca struggles continue


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It was another weekend where teams across the top five leagues in Europe were in action this after a stoppage last week due to the International break. In Germany, Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland showed why he is currently the hottest property in football after bagging four goals in his team’s 5-2 win over Hertha Berlin on Saturday. The Norwegian who won the Golden Boy Award in the weekend took his season tally to ten goals in a match that would remain in the memory of 16-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko, who replaced Haaland late in the game to become the youngest ever Bundesliga player at the age of 16 years and one day. Bundesliga Weekend Results
  • Bayern Munich 1-1 Werder Bremen
  • Arminia 1-2 Leverkusen
  • Gladbach 1-1 Augsburg
  • Hoffenheim 3-3 VfB Stuttgart
  • Schalke 0-2 Wolfsburg
  • Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 RB Leipzig
  • Hertha 2-5 Borussia Dortmund
  • Freiburg 1-3 Mainz
  • FC Koln 1-2 Union Berlin
Spain In Laliga, Barcelona woes continued as they fell 1-0 to Atletico Madrid on Saturday night. The loss means that Barca is placed 12th on the log with 11 points; 12 points below leaders Real Sociedad who have taken the league by storm. In other games, Real Madrid conceded a fourth penalty in two games as they drew 1-1 at Villarreal with Zinedine Zidane’s side playing the game without seven first-team players through injury and illness, including Sergio Ramos, Karim Benzema and Casemiro. Laliga Weekend Results
  • Osasuna 1-1 Huesca
  • Levante 1-1 Elche
  • Villarreal 1-1 Real Madrid
  • Sevilla 4-2 Celta Vigo
  • Atletico Madrid 1-0 Barcelona
  • Eibar 0-0 Getafe
  • Cadiz 0-1 Real Sociedad
  • Granada 1-3 Valladolid
  • Alaves 2-2 Valencia
Italy In Italy, Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a brace to help Juventus to a 2-0 win over Cagliari as Ciro Immobile became Lazio’s joint-second top goalscorer in Serie A history as he set his side on their way to a 2-0 victory at Crotone in sodden conditions. There were goals for Lukaku and Zlatan Ibrahimovic too as the race for the golden boot hots up. Weekend Results
  • Crotone 0-2 Lazio
  • Spezia 0-0 Atalanta
  • Juventus 2-0 Cagliari
  • Fiorentina 0-1 Benevento
  • Sampdoria 1-2 Bologna
  • Roma 3-0 Parma
  • Verona 0-2 Sassuolo
  • Inter Milan 4-2 Torino
  • Udinese 1-0 Genoa
  • Napoli 1-3 AC Milan
What of Ligue One and the Premier League? PSG was humbled by Monaco on Friday night with Cesc Fabregas being the chief tormentor this with Everton's Calvert Lewinn going top in the Premier League goalscorers chart following his double in their 3-2 win over Fulham. Ligue One Weekend Results
  • Rennes 0-1 Bordeaux
  • Monaco 3-2 PSG
  • Brest 4-1 St-Etienne
  • Nantes 1-1 Metz
  • Reims 0-1 Nimes
  • Dijon 0-1 Lens
  • Montpellier 4-3 Strasbourg
  • Angers 0-1 Lyon
  • Lille 4-0 Lorient
EPL Weekend Results
  • Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea
  • Aston Villa 1-2 Brighton
  • Tottenham 2-0 Man City
  • Manchester United 1-0 West Brom
  • Fulham 2-3 Everton
  • Sheffield United 0-1 West Ham United
  • Leeds United 0-0 Arsenal
  • Liverpool 3-0 Leicester City
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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