With the champions not in action until they take on Al-Feiha on Thursday, Matthias Jaissle's men knew a sixth straight victory would take them within four points of the summit. They had to come from behind after Giorgos Masouras opened the scoring 19 minutes in, but Toney led a stirring second-half fightback. The former Brentford man powered Ali Majrashi's left-wing cross home in the 59th minute, and just eight minutes later, he reacted quickest to Anthony Moris spilling Galeno's shot to make it 2-1.
Wolves stretched their unbeaten run to five games in all competitions, as the Premier League's bottom club held Newcastle United to a goalless draw at Molineux. Eddie Howe's visitors could have climbed to fifth - and into a potential Champions League spot - with a victory, but fatigue appeared to play a part in their flat performance. Newcastle dominated possession for long periods, but their only real chance of the first half saw Nick Woltemade miscue his header from Harvey Barnes' cross.
McTominay had the ball in the back of the net 11 minutes in for Napoli. Alessandro Circati's clearance struck the post, and McTominay turned in the rebound on his second attempt, but it was ruled out for a VAR review for an offside against Paquale Mazzocchi in the build-up. Alessandro Buongiorno then thumped a header straight at Filippo Rinaldo from the edge of the six-yard box, while the goalkeeper also got down smartly to keep out Rasmus Hojlund.
Ruben Neves' second-half stunner helped Al-Hilal on their way to a 3-0 win over Al-Hazem, moving his team four points clear at the Saudi Pro League summit. Al-Nassr have the chance to close the gap back to a point if they beat Al-Qadsiah later on Thursday, but Al-Hilal have ensured the pressure is on Cristiano Ronaldo and co. Bruno Varela was tested inside the first three minutes of the contest, with the Al-Hazem goalkeeper doing brilliantly to smother Marcos Leonardo's attempt from inside the area.
It is not an overstatement to say that the Anfield crowd has been spoiled over the past decade from the Jurgen Klopp era to Slot winning the title in his first year at the club. The standards are immensely high and rightly so for a club of this magnitude, but against a Leeds side who got promoted to the Premier League last season, Liverpool looked one-dimensional and lacked the quality to break through the visitors and their 5-4-1 setup.
There is no denying that Celtic, under Nancy, are exciting to watch. There are shades of Ange Postecoglou's "we never stop" attitude at the top end of the pitch. They look like they don't care how many goals they concede, they'll just score more. In the first half against Livingston they generated an xG (expected goals) of 3.52 from 13 shots, four of which were on target. They had 11 shots inside Livingston's box and and created five big chances.
Brighton's winless streak in the Premier League stretched to four matches following a 0-0 draw with Sunderland. Saturday's contest at the Amex Stadium was distinctly lacking in attacking quality, as the spoils were shared in the first Premier League meeting between these teams. Sunderland, without a glut of key players due to the Africa Cup of Nations, turned in a resolute display, and may have won it if not for some fine goalkeeping from Bart Verbruggen.
I think that's possible, especially with the start I've had so far this year. There is still a long way to go," Kane told Sky Sports DE when asked about the single-season record.
"I thought in the first half we got some really good opportunities, especially in the transitions, and we were very sloppy," Eustace told reporters. "The game could have probably been out of sight really, with the amount of chances we had on the turnovers, just if our final pass or the finish was better. That would have been great. However, in the second half, I felt we controlled the game a lot more. When we did get those opportunities, we were finishing the actions and getting shots on target, so to win 3-0 is really pleasing."
Paris Saint-Germain held off a late fightback from Metz to win 3-2 at Stade Saint-Symphorien and go top in Ligue 1. Goncalo Ramos and Quentin Ndjantou gave PSG a two-goal cushion before Jessy Deminguet halved the deficit, but Desire Doue's strike shortly after the hour mark proved to be crucial as Giorgi Tsitaishvili set up a nervy finish. The reigning champions
We have officially reached the "nerd zone" of the 2025-26 European soccer season. It is said (by the nerds, of course) that it takes about 10 matches for expected goal (xG) figures to start telling you a semi-accurate, predictive story about a given team. We should probably think of that as more of a range of about eight to 15 games, but regardless, the European season has officially entered that range.
Barca fired off 18 shots throughout the first half but did not inch ahead until the first minute of stoppage time, with Putellas converting from the penalty spot following a foul from Linde Veefkind. Kim Everaerts then put through her own net just before the hour mark. Paredes completed the scoring off Mapi Leon's set-piece delivery in the 67th minute, as Barca went top of the 18-team group on goal difference, ahead of Lyon and Manchester United.
Roma climbed to the Serie A summit as goals in either half from Lorenzo Pellegrini and Zeki Celik sealed a 2-0 win over Udinese at Stadio Olimpico. Having seen AC Milan drop points to Parma on Saturday and Napoli fall to defeat at Bologna ahead of kick-off, the Giallorossi took full advantage to lead the division by two points. Inter have the chance to replace Gian Piero Gasperini's side at the top later on Sunday, however, when they host Lazio at San Siro.
Bola tucked a neat finish beneath Manchester United loanee Radek Vitek in the sixth minute, having latched onto a pinpoint over-the-top pass from captain Imran Louza. Vitek then made a good save to deny Edo Kayembe as Watford pressed for a second goal, but the visitors struck against the run of play when Twine looked for the near post with a curling free-kick from the left corner of the area, catching out goalkeeper Egil Selvik.
What we have to evaluate is the team's reaction after the first mistake, which wasn't good because we lost some of our balance on the field and our positive thinking. We have to learn from our mistakes in the second half. The team's biggest mistake was not reacting well after the first goal. It's a good lesson for the future. We have to learn from this defeat.
