Sevilla thrashed Barcelona 4-1 on Sunday, ending the champions' unbeaten begin in La Liga and denying them a possibility to return to the highest of the desk.
Hansi Flick, Barcelona's supervisor, mentioned: “Immediately, I've to just accept this defeat, and I'm trying optimistic, in a manner. We additionally see the destructive factors in our recreation, which we now have to alter. The primary half wasn't good … we had no options to play out, it was actually not good. However within the second half, the response, I recognize rather a lot. What we did, how we performed, it was actually good to see.
“With this defeat, this emotion … it's essential that we hold it, and once we begin once more after the break, we are going to combat. We'll combat for each title.”
Sevilla took the lead within the thirteenth minute, after Isaac Romero went down whereas jostling for the ball with Ronald Araújo close to Barcelona's six-yard field. Alexis Sánchez despatched former Arsenal teammate Wojciech Szczesny the fallacious approach to convert the spot kick.
Romero doubled Sevilla's lead within the thirty seventh minute, however Marcus Rashford scored from Pedri's lobbed cross to make it 2-1 simply earlier than half-time.
Barcelona had an opportunity to equalise when Adnan Januzaj introduced down Alejandro Balde, however Robert Lewandowski fired huge from the spot within the 76th minute earlier than José Ángel Carmona and Akor Adams scored two late objectives, because the guests remained two factors behind the leaders, Actual Madrid.
“It's one of many happiest days of my life. We deserved to win from begin to end,” mentioned José Ángel Carmona, who scored Sevilla's third purpose.
The Barcelona midfielder Pedri mentioned: “We lacked depth, we couldn't get the ball out of our half, we didn't know what to do with the ball … we had been by no means at our greatest. We have to enhance lots of issues in order that we will begin successful video games once more after the break.”
Afterward Sunday in Spain, Celta Vigo host Atlético Madrid.
In Serie A, second-half objectives from André-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Rasmus Højlund helped Napoli battle again to earn a 2-1 residence win over Genoa.
Napoli's excellent begin to the league marketing campaign was ended by a 2-1 loss at Milan final weekend, and Antonio Conte's facet risked a second successive defeat earlier than a spirited fightback.
Conte opted to relaxation Kevin De Bruyne after the Belgian midfielder had began all seven video games this season, bringing in winger David Neres, nevertheless it was Anguissa who proved important to Napoli.
Genoa, who had registered two objectives of their earlier 5 league video games, took the lead with an audacious piece of magic from Jeff Ekhator within the thirty third minute. Brooke Norton-Cuffy rounded Mathias Olivera, took the ball into the realm and squared a cross which 18-year-old Ekhator completed off with a deft back-heel strike from simply contained in the six-yard field.
Napoli misplaced Stanislav Lobotka to harm earlier than the break, with Conte introducing Billy Gilmour, and there have been extra issues for the hosts with Matteo Politano happening which led to De Bruyne making his entrance 5 minutes into the second half.
“It was a extremely lovely first half on our half. I believe we performed with character and organisation,” Genoa coach Patrick Vieira advised Sky Sport. “Sadly, the second half, once they made these adjustments, was a bit troublesome for us, additionally on the bodily side.“
Leonardo Spinazzola additionally got here on and it was his cross which led to Napoli's equaliser 12 minutes after the break with their first effort heading in the right direction.
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Genoa's Johan Vásquez bought to the cross forward of Højlund however the free ball bounced kindly for the unmarked Anguissa to pounce with a header.
Then, quarter-hour from time, Anguissa's shot was parried away by the keeper and this time Højlund was there to capitalise with a low strike from the sting of the six-yard field.
Roma fell behind early however got here away with a 2-1 win at Fiorentina, to go away the hosts ready for his or her first league win of the season.
Gian Piero Gasperini's Roma had conceded only one purpose of their 5 league outings nevertheless it was Fiorentina who had been in entrance within the 14th minute when a ball excessive by Hans Nicolussi Caviglia discovered Moise Kean. Kean twisted and turned his manner in direction of the realm earlier than rifling a shot from outdoors the field into the far prime nook to web his first purpose of the season.
The lead lasted all of eight minutes earlier than Artem Dovbyk's backheeled flick from contained in the field ended with Matías Soulé's first-time cannoned shot from the sting of the realm which left Fiorentina keeper David de Gea with no probability.
Roma took the lead on the half-hour mark from a nook. Bryan Cristante misplaced his marker and powered a bullet header from outdoors the six-yard field.
Kean had one other probability earlier than the break however this time his effort smashed off the upright and within the second half Fiorentina substitute Roberto Piccoli noticed his strike from distance bounce off the crossbar.
In Sunday's large recreation in Italy, Milan go to Juventus within the late kick-off.
