Roma salvage 3-3 draw at Napoli as McTominay scores twice; Dortmund go top
Roma were held to a 3-3 draw at Napoli in Serie A on Saturday after Leonardo Balerdi’s 89th-minute goal rescued a point, while Scott McTominay scored twice for the hosts.
Roma missed the chance to move top of Serie A but preserved an undefeated start to the season, extending their run to eight matches. Scott McTominay put Napoli ahead with his second goal in the 83rd minute, and Balerdi completed a double of his own to ensure the draw.
Como followed up their Champions League victory over Manchester United by beating Sassuolo 2-0 as Anastasios Douvikas scored twice in an 11-minute spell. The win moved Como to fourth in the Serie A table, two points behind Inter, who are set to host Fiorentina on Sunday; later on Saturday Lazio host Parma.
In the Bundesliga, Maximilian Beier’s 80th-minute strike gave Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt and sent them to the top of the table. Jobe Bellingham came off the bench and supplied a pass to Beier, who scored less than a minute after entering the match, and the win was Dortmund’s first in the league since mid-September, taking Niko Kovač’s side three points clear.
Bayern Munich can reclaim top spot with a victory at Freiburg on Sunday but will be without coach Vincent Kompany, who is being treated in hospital for a mystery virus after collapsing at training on Friday. Meanwhile Niclas Füllkrug extended his scoring streak to six Bundesliga matches as Werder Bremen beat Mainz 3-2; Füllkrug converted two penalties inside the opening 25 minutes and Ludovit Reis added Bremen’s other goal, with Anthony Caci and Lee Jae-sung scoring for the hosts.
RB Leipzig recorded a 4-0 home win over promoted Elversberg with Rômulo scoring twice and Tidiam Gomis and Christoph Baumgartner also on the scoresheet. Paderborn earned a 1-0 victory over Hamburg when Rayan Philippe, playing against his parent club, netted in the 88th minute. Augsburg drew 1-1 with Union Berlin, both teams finishing with 10 men, and Cologne and Schalke played out a goalless draw that was disrupted by a first-half head clash leaving Soufiane El-Faouzi unable to continue after colliding with Robin Gosens.
In La Liga, Georges Mikautadze struck in stoppage time to complete a 2-1 comeback for Villarreal at Valencia, a match that ended with both sides reduced to 10 men after Harvey Elliott was sent off. Pepelu had given Valencia the lead from the penalty spot before Alex Freeman headed Villarreal level after 69 minutes; Pape Gueye was dismissed for elbowing José Gayà in the face, and Elliott was shown two quick yellow cards for apparent dissent.
Later on Saturday Atlético Madrid host Deportivo A Coruña in Spain, and in France Lens travel to Paris FC in a fixture where a win will move the victor to the top of Ligue 1 overnight while a draw will suffice for the hosts.