Atletico Madrid drubs Alaves
Madrid, Spain - Atletico Madrid moved joint top of the Spanish League table alongside Barcelona with a 3-0 thumping of Alaves on Saturday.
Nikola Kalinic, who returned a World Cup runner-up medal this year, opened his league account for the season with the first goal before Antoine Griezmann and midfielder Rodri sealed all three points at the Wanda Metropolitano with goals in the final ten minutes.
Milik brace in Napoli’s victory
Milan, Italy - Polish striker Arkadiusz Milik bagged a brace as Napoli warmed up for next week's Champions League clash with Liverpool by easing past promoted Frosinone 4-0 in the Italian League to close the gap on champion Juventus to eight points. Piotr Zielinski opened after just seven minutes in the Stadio San Paulo with Algerian Adam Ounas adding a second from a distance in the first half before Milik's second-half brace.
Carlo Ancelotti's side consolidated second place and replied to Juventus who had pulled 11 points clear on Friday with a confident 1-0 win over third-place Inter Milan. Mario Mandzukic scored the only goal for Juventus. Other results: German League: Bayern Munich 3 Nuremberg 0, Freiburg 3 RB Leipzig 0, Schalke 1 Borussia Dortmund 2, Bayer Leverkusen 1 Augsburg 0, VfL Wolfsburg 2 Hoffenheim 2.