Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were all on target as Barcelona got back to winning ways in La Liga with a 5-1 thrashing at newly promoted Leganes on Saturday.
Barca suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat to Alaves last weekend, but despite a bright start from the hosts there was to be no repeat of that upset once Suarez teed up Messi to open the scoring after 15 minutes.
Suarez and Neymar tapped home to give Barca a healthy half-time lead before a Messi penalty and wonder strike from Rafinha made it 5-0.
Gabriel Appelt Pires’s fine free-kick pulled a goal back for Leganes 10 minutes from time.
Antoine Griezmann and Fernando Torres struck twice as Atletico Madrid moved into third with their third win of the week in a 5-0 rout of Sporting Gijon.
Griezmann took just two minutes to open the scoring when he raced onto Kevin Gameiro’s through ball before composing himself to slot past Ivan Cuellar.
Gameiro lashed home his first Atletico goal from open play following a 30 million euro ($33.6 million) move from Sevilla just three minutes later.
Not to be outdone by his French international teammate, Griezmann then unleashed a stunning effort of his own from outside the box to make it 3-0 after just half an hour.
Torres made it 4-0 with a neat near-post finish from Angel Correa’s cross before rounding off the scoring from the penalty spot after Nicolas Gaitan had been felled inside the area.
A Rangers side without outcast Joey Barton failed to bounce back from their 5-1 humbling by bitter rivals Celtic last weekend as they could only draw 0-0 in the Scottish Premiership on Saturday.
Illness-hit Bayern Munich conceded their first goal of the season before roaring back with a 3-1 win at home to Ingolstadt on Saturday to stay top of the Bundesliga.
Having scored 20 goals without reply in winning their first five competitive games, including Tuesday’s 5-0 Champions League drubbing of Rostov, Bayern leaked their first of the season with just eight minutes gone at Munich’s Allianz Arena.
But goals by Robert Lewandowski, Xabi Alonso and Rafinha restored order in the absence of captain Philipp Lahm, defender David Alaba and forward Thomas Mueller to a virus, plus Mats Hummels, who was out with a cold.
Having hammered six goals past Legia Warsaw in the Champions League on Wednesday, Dortmund rested stars Mario Goetze and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — but still thrashed 10-man Darmstadt 6-0.
Winger Ousmane Dembele’s cross was driven home by Gonzalo Castro with just seven minutes played.
The hosts doubled their lead when a long-range shot by new signing Raphael Guerreiro was blocked, but Colombia striker Adrian Ramos tapped home the rebound on 48 minutes.
With their attack in full flow, Dortmund’s third goal followed minutes later when USA international midfielder Christian Pulisic, who turns 18 on Sunday, tapped home.
Darmstadt’s Peter Niemeyer was dismissed for a second yellow card with 30 minutes left as the floodgates opened.
Castro claimed his second, then Sebastian Rode and fellow new-signing Emre Mor netted.
A towering Radamel Falcao header helped send Monaco top in France on Saturday as a 3-0 home win over Rennes saw them leapfrog Paris Saint Germain.
The win means Leonardo Jardim’s Monaco have 13 points from five games ahead of PSG on ten, while Nice can join Monaco at the top with a win at Montpellier Sunday.
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