England
Brentford recorded a 4-0 away victory at Leicester City with DR Congo star Yoane Wissa and Cameroon international Bryan Mbeumo finding the net.
Still basking in the euphoria of their 1-0 away win at West Ham United their last time out, the Bees travelled to the King Power Stadium to pick another valuable result away from home.
With just 17 minutes gone, they took the lead through Wissa who was set up by Mikkel Damsgaard. Ten minutes later, the Danish midfielder provided the assist as Mbeumo doubled the advantage.
In the goal-laden first half, captain Christian Norgaard added a third while super-sub Fabio Carvalho added the fourth a minute before the final whistle.
At Goodison Park, Abdoulaye Doucoure was on target as Everton played out a 2-2 draw with Manchester United.
The Mali international had assisted Beto for the game’s first goal in the 19th minute before registering his name on the scorer’s sheet 13 minutes later.
Having taken a two-goal lead heading into the half-time break, David Moyes’ men were expected to cruise home to a famous win. However, the Red Devils had other ideas as they cancelled out to leave with a point thanks to goals from Bruno Fernandes and Uruguay international Manuel Ugarte.
Meanwhile, red-hot Mohamed Salah inspired Liverpool to a 2-0 win at Manchester City to brighten their chances of becoming league champions.
Aside from his goal and setting up Dominik Szoboszlai, more records tumbled for the Egypt international.
Salah has now scored and assisted in 49 different league matches throughout his career in Europe’s top five leagues. Only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have achieved this feat more often, doing so in 102 and 65 matches, respectively.
Also, his strike at the Etihad Stadium also marked his 16th away goal of the 2024/25 campaign - tying the record set by Kevin Phillips in 1999/00 and Harry Kane in 2022/23.
Italy
Como moved further from the relegation zone with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Serie A title contenders, Napoli.
The Blue and Whites shot into an early lead just after seven minutes as Kosovo international Amir Rrahmani turned the ball into his own net, but the visiting Parthenopeans restored parity 10 minutes later through Giacomo Raspadori.
With the game looking set to end in a draw, Senegal prospect Assane Diao netted the winner in the 77th minute to send the home fans into ecstasy.
The result ensures Cesc Fabregas’ team climbed to 13th in the Italian elite division, while Napoli dropped to second and one point behind leaders Inter Milan.
In another Serie A league outing, Atalanta mauled Empoli 5-0 with reigning African Player of the Year Ademola Lookman bagging a brace.
The Nigerian entered the match amid harsh criticism from manager Gian Piero Gasperini for missing a penalty in the club’s 3-1 defeat to Club Brugge in their Champions League outing.
Emmanuel Gyasi’s 27th-minute own goal ensured that the visitors took the lead while leading scorer Mateo Retegui doubled the advantage six minutes later.
Lookman netted the third goal in the 43rd minute before completing his brace with five minutes left before the hour mark. Despite his man-of-the-match display, he was substituted for Juan Cuadrado in the 76th minute.
Germany
Borussia Dortmund obliterated Union Berlin 6-0 with Serhou Guirassy scoring four times.
The hosts took a 25th-minute lead after Diogo Leite turned the ball inside his net with the Guinea international increasing the lead five minutes before the half-time break.
Guirassy scored three more goals in the second half with Maximilian Beier added a sixth in the high-scoring encounter.
Meanwhile, Hoffenheim came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw against Stuttgart thanks to Gift Orban’s strike, although they extended their winless home run to eight,
Inspired by their away win at Borussia Dortmund in their penultimate encounter, Stuttgart took a ninth-minute lead through Nick Woltemade. After he was played in on goal by Maximilian Mittelstadt, the forward turned the ball into the top-right corner of goalkeeper Luca Philipp.
The hosts offered so little for large periods of the first half, but Orban equalised in the 74th after keeping his cool to score a sublime for his fourth goal in five appearances.
