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European: Real thrash Valencia; Bayern remain unbeaten

**Real Madrid** opened up a seven-point lead at the top of LaLiga as Jude Bellingham maintained his fine scoring form in a 4-0 thrashing of **Valencia**.

Bellingham scored for the third successive game as Real warmed up for their Champions League trip to Liverpool on Tuesday in style.

Vinicius Junior had a penalty saved but the free-scoring Kylian Mbappe bagged a double - including one from the spot - and Bellingham curled home a beauty before Alvaro Carreras added a fourth late on.

With Barcelona not in action until Sunday when Elche visit, **Villarreal** took the opportunity to move into second by thumping **Rayo Vallecano** 4-0 - Gerard Moreno, Alberto Moleiro, Santi Comesana and Ayoze Perez on the scoresheet.

Antoine Griezmann's 200th LaLiga goal crowned **Atletico Madrid's** 3-0 victory over **Sevilla**.

Julian Alvarez broke the deadlock with a 64th-minute penalty and Thiago Almada was also on target in Atletico's fourth straight league win.

**Real Sociedad** claimed the Basque bragging rights with Jon Gorrotxategi's last-minute winner securing a 3-2 derby success over **Athletic Bilbao**.

Sociedad had twice led through Brais Mendez and Goncalo Guedes, but Gorka Guruzeta and Robert Navarro hit back for Bilbao.

**Bayern Munich** won the battle of the Bundesliga heavyweights as **Bayer Leverkusen** were swept away 3-0 at the Allianz Arena.

Top scorer Harry Kane, Luis Diaz and Michael Olise were on the bench - the trio all came on after 59 minutes - as Bayern extended their perfect league start to nine games.

![Nicolas Jackson of Bayern Munich ](https://www.rte.ie/images/0023694a-614.jpg?ratio=1.78)

Serge Gnabry, Nicolas Jackson (above) and a Loic Bade own goal put Bayern in cruise control before the break as Leverkusen lost away in the league for the first time since May 2023.

**RB Leipzig** remain five points behind Bayern in second after beating **Stuttgart** 3-1.

Luciano Spalletti's first game as **Juventus** boss ended in a 2-1 triumph at **Cremonese** as Filip Kostic and Andrea Cambiaso scored. Jamie Vardy's second Cremonese goal gave them late hope.

**Napoli** surprisingly dropped points in a 0-0 home draw against **Como**, but it could have been worse for the Serie A champions.

Vanja Milinkovic-Savic spared Napoli's blushes by saving a penalty for the second successive game, this time denying Alvaro Morata his first Como goal after bringing down the Spain forward midway through the first half.

**Udinese** jumped into the top eight as Nicolo Zaniolo's third goal in four matches ended **Atalanta's** unbeaten record.

Goncalo Ramos marked his 100th appearance for **Paris St Germain** with a dramatic stoppage-time winner against **Nice** as the Ligue 1 champions enjoyed a 1-0 home win.

**Marseille** moved up to second spot with Angel Gomes' goal seeing off **Auxerre** 1-0, while **Monaco** lost ground in the title race with a shock home defeat to **Paris FC.**

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