Robert Lewandowski’s header sends Barcelona top of LaLiga

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.

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 the other match Real Betis beat Osasuna 2-0.

Napoli slipped from the top of Serie A after falling to a 2-1 defeat to 10-man AC Milan at the San Siro.

Victory for Roma earlier on Sunday had seen the champions’ lead at the summit reduced to goal-difference, but the win for Milan saw them leapfrog both teams to take their place at the summit.

Christian Pulisic was key to the victory, setting up Alexis Saelemaekers to open the scoring early before turning goalscorer to double the lead just past the half hour.

Kevin De Bruyne reduced the arrears in the second half after Pervis Estupinan had been dismissed for giving away a penalty, but despite a valiant effort late on Antonio Conte’s side could not find a route back.

Roma kept up the pressure on the top two with a 2-0 win at home against Verona to climb to second.

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

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 ultimately held to a 1-1 draw at home, whilst Union Berlin and Hamburger finished 0-0.

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 away against Nice, Brest won 2-0 away at second-bottom Angers and Metz against Le Havre was goalless. Rennes and Lens also drew 0-0.