European wrap: Barcelona leapfrog Real at LaLiga summit

Barcelona moved to the top of LaLiga after Robert Lewandowski’s second-half goal earned them a 2-1 victory at home to Real Sociedad.

Lamine Yamal created the winner just seconds after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute, driving into the box and standing the ball up for Lewandowski to head it home.

Earlier, Jules Kounde had equalised for the hosts when he headed in Marcus Rashford’s corner just before half-time, that after Alvaro Odriozola had tapped home to give the visitors a surprise lead after 31 minutes, finishing from Ander Barrenetxea’s pass at the end of a quick breakaway.

Real Madrid drop to second after losing 5-2 at rivals Atletico in the Madrid derby on Saturday.

Elche climbed into the top four thanks to a goal from defender John Donald that saw them beat Celta Vigo 2-1, while striker Akor Adams struck three minutes from time to earn Sevilla a 1-0 victory at 10-man Rayo Vallecano.

In Serie A, Roma picked up a 2-0 win at home to Verona to move level on points with the top two.

Artem Dovbyk’s goal after seven minutes got the hosts off to the perfect start before Matias Soule added a second late on.

Republic of Ireland striker Evan Ferguson, who is still searching for his first Serie A goal, was a 60th minute substitute, coming on for Dobyk who had also started Thursday’s Europa League win at Nice.

AC Milan leapfrogged Napoli at the top of the table after a 2-1 win over the reigning Scudetto holders at San Siro.

Alexis Saelemaekers had Milan in front after three minutes before Christian Pulisic doubled the advantage after the half hour mark.

The Rossoneri went down to ten men after a red card for Pervis Estupinan 22 minutes into the second half and Kevin De Bruyne pulled one back for Napoli from the penalty spot in the 60th minute.

But Antonio Conte’s side could not fashion an equaliser as Milan took all three points to move ahead of Napoli on their head-to-head record.

Newly-promoted Sassuolo were 3-1 winners at home to Udinese, bottom-side Lecce scored four minutes into added time to draw 2-2 with Bologna and Pisa were left still searching for their first win after drawing 0-0 at home to Fiorentina.

Defender Josha Vagnoman scored nine minutes from time as Stuttgart climbed to fifth in the Bundesliga with a 2-1 comeback win at Koln.

Ermedin Demirovic’s penalty had earlier levelled the match after Koln had taken a fourth-minute lead through winger Jakub Kaminski.

Freiburg took an early lead against Hoffenheim but were held to a 1-1 draw at home.

Tyler Morton’s first-half goal fired Lyon to a 1-0 win at Lille to go second in Ligue 1 behind Paris St-Germain.

Paris FC continued their bright start with a 1-1 draw at Nice, Brest won 2-0 away at second-bottom Angers and Metz against Le Havre finished goalless.