AC Milan's perfect start ends with 3-3 draw with Roma

AC Milan's perfect start to the Serie A season ended with a 3-3 draw against Roma on Monday but the Rossoneri still moved two points clear of Napoli and Sassuolo.

Roma defender Marash Kumbulla equalized six minutes from time following an unintended assist from Zlatan Ibrahimović, who was trying to clear a corner and instead redirected the ball toward the far post where Kumbulla rushed forward to pound it in.

Roma is ninth, five points behind Milan.

Edin Džeko and Jordan Veretout, with a penalty, also scored for Roma. Ibrahimović scored twice for Milan, which also got a goal from Alexis Saelemaekers with Rafael Leão setting up two of the Rossoneri's scores.

Ibrahimović needed only one touch to find the net following Leão's pass over the top less than two minutes in at the San Siro.

Milan was without goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and winger Jens Petter Hauge after both players tested positive for the coronavirus and Donnarumma was missed when Džeko made it 1-1.

Reserve keeper Ciprian Tătărușanu failed to bat away a corner, allowing the ball to reach Džeko, who leaped over Alessio Romagnoli for a header by the far post. Saelemaekers scored Milan's second after the break following strong work down the left flank and an expert cross from Leão.

Veretout equalized for Roma with a penalty in the 71st following a debatable foul from Ismaël Bennacer. Ibrahimović then thought he had sealed victory with a penalty in the 79th following an equally dubious foul by Gianluca Mancini.

But the Swedish superstar was to blame for the final goal from Kumbulla, who also scored the winner in Roma's 2-1 comeback win at Young Boys in the Europa League last week.

It was the first match since a new decree came into effect banning fans at stadiums due to a second wave of coronavirus infections.

West Brom draws 1-1 at Brighton, still awaits 1st win in EPL

Karlan Grant scored his first goal for new club West Bromwich Albion to secure a 1-1 draw at Brighton in the Premier League on Monday.

Brighton took the lead five minutes before halftime when an attempted clearance from Branislav Ivanovic rebounded off Jake Livermore and into the back of the net. But West Brom's second-half pressure paid off when Grant turned a ball from Callum Robinson past goalkeeper Mat Ryan in the 83rd minute to clinch the point.

Grant joined West Brom from Huddersfield in the offseason after netting 19 goals in the second-tier Championship last season. West Brom is still searching for its first win after six matches with its only points coming from three draws. Brighton is two points better off.

Levante and Celta draw, stay near bottom in Spanish league

Levante and Celta Vigo ended their losing streaks but stayed near the bottom of the Spanish league standings after a 1-1 draw on Monday.

Both teams were coming off three straight losses and neither had scored a goal during that streak. Levante thought it had the winner in stoppage time but the goal was disallowed for offside after video review.

The hosts loudly complained, claiming that the player offside did not influence the play.

It was the latest VAR controversy in the league, coming two days after Real Madrid was awarded a decisive penalty kick in its 3-1 win at Camp Nou Stadium on Saturday.

Levante scored first with a penalty converted by Roger Martí in the 48th minute, and Celta equalized through Sergio Carreira in the 52nd.

The draw left Celta just outside the relegation zone. Levante was second-to-last in the 20-team standings.

Alario scores twice as Leverkusen beats Augsburg 3-1

Lucas Alario scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen beat Augsburg 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Monday to win its third game in a row across all competitions.

Alario won and converted a penalty and later restored Leverkusen's lead with a header after Daniel Caligiuri leveled with Augsburg's first goal in Leverkusen since 2015.