Serie A
All good things must come to an end. Thus Roma's winning run finally ended in Serie A. The Giallorossi drew 1 - 1 with Torino last night to end their record of 10 straight victories.
But if Rudi Garcia and his players had been told that they would get 10 wins and one draw from their opening 11 games, they would surely have taken it.
In the end a 1 - 1 draw in Turin is a good result, given the fact that key players like Francesco Totti, defender Leandro Castan and Gervinho have been injured.
Alessio Cerci's goal - he is a product of Roma's academy - was only the second one that Roma have conceded since the start of the season.
Meanwhile AC Milan are in real trouble. The Rossoneri were comfortably beaten 2 - 0 at home by Champions League-chasing Fiorentina.
The red and black half of the San Siro is a very unhappy place at present with injury problems, a unbalanced squad, a manager under pressure and an apparently unsettled Mario Balotelli to contend with.
Fiorentina took the lead via Juan Manuel Vargas' deflected free-kick...
The defeat leaves Milan 11th. Massimiliano Allegri's side are just three points above of the relegation zone and already 16 points off the last Champions League place. Problems, problems, problems!
While Milan struggle, stadium-mates Inter Milan are transformed from the team that struggled badly last season. The Nerazzuri won 3 - 0 away at Udinese to go fourth in the table. The ultimate aim for Inter is a return to the Champions League and currently they are six points behind Napoli and Juventus who are second and third respectively after winning their weekend games.
With Roma drawing it is tight at the top in Italy, with Juve and Napoli just three behind the capital club.
La Liga
Barcelona and Real Madrid won again. That is a sentence that is all too common. But so is the phrase "Atletico Madrid also won again".
Diego Simeone's team are in the hunt for the title, remaining a solitary point behind league leaders Barcelona.
Goals from La Liga's joint top scorer Diego Costa and David Villa gave the Colchoneros a 2- 0 win over an Athletic Bilbao side that are right in the mix for fourth place.
Manchester United fans will be interested to know that Real Sociedad have been in decent for domestically. The Basque side, who host the Reds this week, thrashed lowly Osasuna 5 - 0 to record their third win in four.
Sociedad are up to seventh but at the other end of the table, Seville-based side Real Betis came off worst in a battle against Malaga, losing 3 - 0 to stay 18th.
Bundesliga
Bayern Munich were made to work hard for their 2 - 1 win at TSG Hoffenheim. But Die Roten prevailed with the world class interpreter of space Thomas Muller clinching a 2 - 1 victory which sets a record unbeaten run of 36 games...
Arsenal face a crucial trip to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. The Bundesliga side enjoyed some shooting practice at home to Stuttgart, plundering six goals to remain one point behind Bayern.
Robert Lewandowski who scored the winner over Arsenal two weeks ago, netted a hat-trick.
You may remember the Euro Footy Focus article about newly-promoted Eintracht Braunschweig. Well, they pulled off a pleasant surprise to beat third-placed Bayer Leverkusen 1 - 0 at home. Unfortunately, the 1967 Bundesliga champions are still bottom of the table after 11 games.
Ligue 1
Cash-rich Monaco are attempting to keep up with champions PSG (who won 4 - 0 this weekend) in their debut season back in the top flight. But the Monegasque side lost 2 -0 to high-flying Lille. Nolan Roux scored both goals as Lille leapfrogged Claudio Ranieri's side in the table.
