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Anthony Gordon scored the first goal Barcelona The Spanish champions extended their perfect start to La Liga with a 3-0 home win Getafe. The England international opened the scoring in the second minute for the league leaders, who have won every match they have played this season, and Gabriel Jesus added another goal after half an hour.

Jules Kounde scored the third from Lamine Yamal’s cross to seal Barca’s emphatic win at the Camp Nou. Barca moved five points clear of second-placed Atletico Madrid, who won 2-1 at Alaves earlier, and nine ahead of fourth-placed Real Madrid. Whites will then host Villarreal.

Barça were without their top scorer Raphinha who picked up a hamstring problem during the international break with Brazil. Hansi Flick replaced him with compatriot Jesus and his side roared out of the blocks.

Gordon, who has impressed since joining this summer, scored his first Barca goal with a low-slung effort past three players. The winger was the brightest spark in the first half, continuing his fine goalscoring form for England in recent Nations League matches.

Eric Garcia forced a save from Getafe’s David Soria with a long range drive as Flick’s side took control of the game. Getafe defender Zaid Romero gave the ball away in his own box for Barca’s second and passed the ball straight to Jesus, who fired into the bottom corner.

Soria denied Dani Olmo before Yamal passed Kounde for third. The Frenchman was on hand to head home Lamine’s close-range effort past Eric Abidal, making his record 194th appearance for Barça in the Frenchman’s squad. Cross of Yamal.

Rayo VallecanoLa Liga match against Athletic Club The Vallecas stadium was abandoned after fans threw objects onto the pitch in protest against club president Raul Martin Presa.

José María Sánchez looks at the rubbish thrown onto the pitch by Rayo Vallecano fans shortly before the referee called off the game. Photo: Mariscal/EPA

In the 13th minute, Rayo fans threw paper airplanes, rubber balls and other objects, stopping the referee and sending the players to the dressing room.

After the teams returned to the pitch to resume the game, fans continued to throw objects and the match ended in a goalless draw.

in Germany AugsburgRobin Fellhauer scored eight seconds later Bayern Munich scored the fastest goal in Bundesliga history on Saturday, but the visiting German champions scored twice to earn a 2-2 draw.

Fellhauer benefited from a blunder by Bayern’s Manuel Neuer as the keeper tried to clear, but sent the ball to Fellhauer, who equaled the record shared by Kevin Volland and Karim Bellarabi by a second.

Bayern, whose only league defeat in their last 48 matches came against Augsburg in January, stepped up after the break and Ismael Saibari scored the equaliser.

Another Neuer error put Augsburg back in front in the 64th minute, 40-year-old Calvin Brackelmann’s shot into the path of Rodrigo Ribeiro, who only had to push the ball over the line.

Bayern pulled one back again in the first half when Harry Kane hit the woodwork with 10 minutes left for Nathaniel Brown to equalise.

There was also drama elsewhere Bayer Leverkusen caught a rollercoaster 4-3 win Mainz while Hamburg won 3-2 Hoffenheim.

Robert Andric put Leverkusen ahead with a superb volley just five minutes later, before Patrick Schick made it two with a smart finish four minutes later. Anthony Caci pulled Mainz back into the game, scoring twice before the break to equalize.

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Jarell Guansah leads Mainz 3-2 to Bayer Leverkusen. Photo: Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty Images

Second-half goals from Jarell Quansah and Moussa Diaby put Leverkusen back in control, while Benedict Hollerbach grabbed Mainz’s third.

Yussuf Poulsen collected Hamburg’s early opener, while Fisnik Asllani equalized for Hoffenheim. Bambase Conte gave Hoffenheim the lead early in the second half with a fine strike from outside the area, but team-mate Bernardo’s red card swung the game in Hamburg’s favour.

The visitors had a late equalizer canceled out by the video assistant referee before Terem Moffi equalized with a header in the 83rd minute.

At the end of the game, RB Leipzig won 6:0 Eintracht Frankfurt Thanks to Christopher Nkunku hat trick. Goals from Ezechiel Banzuzi and Nkunku gave Leipzig a 2-0 lead within 5 minutes. Nkunku added two more quick goals on the break as Frankfurt came back into the game. Antonio Nusa scored his fifth after the break and Tidiam Gomis ran past the Frankfurt defense to add a sixth late in the game.

In other games on Saturday, goals from Jeff Chabot and Chris Führich sealed a comfortable 2-0 victory. Stuttgart hour PaderbornLivan batted late while handing the Horoscope Union Berlin won an upset 1-0 at home Elversberg.

in Italy, Inter Thanks to three goals in the first half an hour, it rose to the top of Serie A and overcame the lead. Parma 3:0 at San Siro.

Petar Suchic opened the scoring in the 13th minute, using a weak pass by the “Parma” goalkeeper. Five minutes later, Hakan Çalhanoğlu increased the difference to two from the penalty spot. Marcus Thuram then made it 3-0 with his third goal of the campaign after 31 minutes.

Inter have 16 points from six games and are three ahead of Roma and Lazio, who both play Como on Sunday and advance to Monza.

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