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Barcelona held at Rayo Vallecano as Inter Milan lose at home to Udinese

Barcelona dropped their first points of the LaLiga season as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Rayo Vallecano.

Lamine Yamal fired Barca ahead from the penalty spot after he was brought down by Pep Chavarria shortly before half-time.

But substitute Fran Perez secured a point for the hosts with a close-range volley for his first Rayo goal.

Rayo Vallecano celebrate Fran Perez’s equaliser (Manu Fernandez/AP)

Rayo Vallecano celebrate Fran Perez’s equaliser (Manu Fernandez/AP)(Manu Fernandez/AP)

Marc Bartra scored a comical own goal, wildly slicing a cross into his own net, and Aitor Paredes added a second as Athletic Bilbao won 2-1 at Real Betis.

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Cedric Bakambu hit a stoppage-time consolation before Athletic had substitute goalkeeper Alex Padilla sent off.

Borja Iglesias scored four minutes into stoppage time as Celta Vigo escaped with a 1-1 draw against Villarreal, who led through Nicolas Pepe.

Carlos Romero’s goal early in the second half gave Espanyol a 1-0 victory over Osasuna.

Inter Milan slumped to a home defeat (Luca Bruno/AP)

Inter Milan slumped to a home defeat (Luca Bruno/AP)(Luca Bruno/AP)

In Serie A, Inter Milan slipped to a shock 2-1 defeat at home to Udinese.

Denzel Dumfries fired them into an early lead but Keinan Davis equalised from the penalty spot and Arthur Atta’s goal just before half-time proved to be the winner.

Dusan Vlahovic climbed off the bench to head a 73rd-minute winner as Juventus beat Genoa 1-0.

The hosts almost equalised in stoppage time but Patrizio Masini’s header hit the crossbar.

Lazio enjoyed a 4-0 victory over Verona thanks to goals from Matteo Guendouzi, Mattia Zaccagni, Valentin Castellanos and Boulaye Dia.

Fiorentina goalkeeper David De Gea kept Torino at bay with a string of saves in a goalless draw in Turin.

In the Bundesliga, Serhou Guirassy scored twice and Felix Nmecha added a third as Borussia Dortmund picked up their first win, 3-0 at home to Union Berlin.

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Goals from Jakub Kaminski, Marius Bulter, Jan Thielmann and Said El Mala fired Cologne to a thumping 4-1 win over Freiburg, for whom Maximilian Eggestein replied.

Nadiem Amiri’s last-minute penalty snatched a 1-1 draw for Mainz at Wolfsburg, who led through Aaron Zehnter’s early strike.

In France, an own goal by Marseille captain Leonardo Balerdi three minutes from the end gave Lyon a third win from three matches.

Marseille had CJ Egan-Riley sent off as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat.

Takumi Minamino’s stoppage-time strike secured a 3-2 victory for Monaco at home to Strasbourg.

Teenager Prosper Peter’s goal cancelled out Esteban Lepaul’s opener as Angers battled to a 1-1 draw with Rennes, Le Havre beat Nice 3-1 and Paris FC were 3-2 winners against Metz.

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