Inter Milan moved up to fifth in Serie A with a much-needed 2-0 victory over Cagliari on Saturday to make it three wins on the bounce in all competitions. Lautaro Martinez scored nine minutes into the game and Francesco Esposito found the net eight minutes from time to give Cristian Chivu's side an important three points. Juventus, meanwhile, stuttered in their pursuit of catching league leaders Napoli as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Atalanta at Allianz Stadium.
Bristol City's first-half blitz saw them move up to third in the Championship table with a 3-0 victory over struggling Sheffield Wednesday. Bristol started on the front foot and benefitted from a sixth-minute Harry Amass own goal, as the debutant deflected Rob Dickie's strike past Ethan Horvath from close range. Emil Riis should have made it 2-0 shortly after, but did get Bristol's second goal just 12 minutes later, meeting Anis Mehmeti's lovely ball through the goalkeeper's legs.
The game between the two playoff-chasing sides leapt into life as Chicago scored two in quick succession inside the opening 10 minutes, as Jonathan Bamba opened the scoring for the hosts, before Philip Zinckernagel doubled the lead. After the interval, Chicago netted their third, as Hugo Cuypers found the bottom left-hand corner to make it 3-0 in the 68th minute.
We really missed him in the final stages. Generally, we are improving our team step by step. We have a very hard-working group. We've analysed 15 videos in the last three days. The players work tirelessly... they're incredibly hardworking and do whatever it takes on the pitch. Playing against Spain is an additional incentive for us, against the European champions at home.
Dango Ouattara scored his first goal for Brentford as Keith Andrews claimed his first Premier League win as manager with a surprise 1-0 victory over Aston Villa. A 3-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest last week furthered pre-season expectations of a difficult season for the Bees following the departure of manager Thomas Frank, now at Tottenham, and star forward Bryan Mbuemo.