Big Five: A Week of Football Drama, Weekend of October 5, 2024
Referee Benjamin Brand talks to Harry Kane of Bayern Muenchen and Mahmoud Dahoud of Eintracht Frankfurt during the Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Bayern München (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

In the Premier League, Liverpool beat Crystal Palace 1-0 away with a goal from Diogo Jota.

Liverpool, who started the season well under the management of manager Arne Slot, won five of their first seven weeks without conceding a goal.

Defending champions Manchester City defeated Fulham 3-2 at home, securing their first win in two weeks.

Arsenal, who continue their undefeated path, beat Southampton 3-1 at home.

Brighton came from 2-0 behind to defeat Tottenham 3-2 at home.

Liverpool is in the lead with 18 points in the seventh week of the Premier League. Manchester City and Arsenal, each with 17 points, are next in line after Liverpool.

La Liga - Spain

Barcelona, ​​the leader of LaLiga, won 3-0 in their away match against Alaves, where Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick.

Real Madrid, one of the undefeated teams in the league, beat Villarreal 2-0 at home. Unfortunately, that game ended with their second captain Carvajal's serious ACL injury.

Atletico Madrid returned from their away match against Real Sociedad with a 1-1 draw.

As the ninth week of LaLiga comes to an end, Barcelona maintains their top spot with 24 points. Real Madrid follows Barcelona with 21 points, while Atletico Madrid and Villarreal each have 17 points.

Serie A - Italy

In Serie A, Napoli defeated Como 3-1 at home with goals from Scott McTominay, Romelu Lukaku, and David Neres, maintaining their top spot.

Inter beat Torino 3-2 at home. Juventus, one of the top chasers, drew 1-1 with Cagliari at home. Roma drew 1-1 away at Monza.

In the seventh week of the league, Napoli was at the top with 16 points. Inter followed Napoli with 14 points, while Juventus, Lazio, and Udinese each had 13 points.

Bundesliga - Germany

Bayern Munich drew 3-3 away against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.

Kim Min-jae, Dayot Upamecano and Michael Olise scored for Bayern Munich. The Munich team, who could not prevent goals from Omar Marmoush (2) and Hugo Ekitike, ended the last two weeks with a draw.

Leipzig, who continue their race for the top, won their match against Heidenheim 1-0.

Borussia Dortmund, coached by Nuri Şahin, suffered their second defeat by losing 2-1 away to Union Berlin.

After the sixth week in the league, Bayern Munich maintained their leadership ahead of Leipzig with 14 points and a goal difference. Eintracht Frankfurt continued to follow the two teams with 13 points.

Ligue 1 - France

In the seventh week of Ligue 1, Monaco won 2-1 away at Rennes with goals from Thilo Kehrer and Folarin Balogun and took the top spot in a week when Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) lost points.

PSG had to settle for a 1-1 draw in the match they visited Nice and suffered their second loss of points of the season.

Olympique Marseille, one of the top chasers, drew 1-1 with Angers at home. Reims, one of the teams that started the season well, beat Montpellier 4-2 at home.

In the league where Monaco is in the lead with 19 points, PSG collected 17 points, and Marseille and Reims each collected 14 points.

International Break

Currently, all leagues and clubs have gone to the international break for the UEFA Nations League games. The teams will return from the international break with the end of their last national games on October 15.

For those who are interested, here are the dates of the games we got from the official page:

Matchday 3

Thursday 10 October

A2 Israel vs France
A2 Italy vs Belgium
B2 England vs Greece
B2 Finland vs Republic of Ireland
B3 Austria vs Kazakhstan
B3 Norway vs Slovenia
C4 Faroe Islands vs Armenia
C4 Latvia vs North Macedonia
D1 Gibraltar vs San Marino
D2 Moldova vs Andorra

Friday 11 October

A3 Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Germany
A3 Hungary vs Netherlands
B1 Czechia vs Albania
B1 Ukraine vs Georgia
B4 Iceland vs Wales
B4 Türkiye vs Montenegro
C1 Estonia vs Azerbaijan
C1 Slovakia vs Sweden

Saturday 12 October

A1 Croatia vs Scotland
A1 Poland vs Portugal
A4 Serbia vs Switzerland
A4 Spain vs Denmark
C2 Lithuania vs Kosovo
C2 Cyprus vs Romania
C3 Bulgaria vs Luxembourg
C3 Belarus vs Northern Ireland

Matchday 4

Sunday 13 October

B2 Finland vs England
B2 Greece vs Republic of Ireland
B3 Kazakhstan vs Slovenia
B3 Austria vs Norway
C4 Armenia vs North Macedonia
C4 Faroe Islands vs Latvia
D1 Liechtenstein vs Gibraltar
D2 Malta vs Moldova

Monday 14 October

A2 Belgium vs France
A2 Italy vs Israel
A3 Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Hungary
A3 Germany vs Netherlands
B1 Georgia vs Albania
B1 Ukraine vs Czechia
B4 Iceland vs Türkiye
B4 Wales vs Montenegro
C1 Azerbaijan vs Slovakia
C1 Estonia vs Sweden

Tuesday 15 October

A1 Poland vs Croatia
A1 Scotland vs Portugal
A4 Spain vs Serbia
A4 Switzerland vs Denmark
C2 Kosovo vs Cyprus
C2 Lithuania vs Romania
C3 Belarus vs Luxembourg
C3 Northern Ireland vs Bulgaria