Inter and Marseille in the lead after taking advantage of their rivals' mistakes
Series A
Inter Milan took the lead in Serie A on goal difference after a 1-0 win over Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
Ange-Yoan Bonny scored in the sixth minute and it proved enough as last season's beaten Champions League finalists held on to take all three points and replace Napoli at the top of the table.
The opportunity presented itself to Inter after, earlier in the day, Napoli suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Torino.
Giovanni Simeone – son of Atletico Madrid manager Diego – scored the only goal of the match shortly after the half-hour mark, condemning the champions to their second league defeat this season.
Elsewhere in the Italian top flight, there were goalless stalemates in Lecce's match against Sassuolo and Pisa against Verona.
League 1
In Ligue 1, Marseille took full advantage of Paris Saint-Germain's 3-3 loss against Strasbourg on Friday to take a one-point lead at the top of Ligue 1.
Mason Greenwood scored four goals as Roberto De Zerbi's side beat 10-man Le Havre 6-2 in a thrilling encounter on Saturday evening.
Yassine Kechta put Harve ahead after just 24 minutes, but defender Gautier Lloris – brother of former Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo – was shown a straight red card for handball in the area 10 minutes later.
This proved costly. Greenwood kicked the penalty before adding three more goals in the second half.
Robinio Vaz then scored Marseille's fifth goal a few minutes from time before Abdoulaye Touré scored a consolation goal in stoppage time.
But it wasn't the last action as Michael Murillo scored a sixth for Marseille in the final seconds.
Lyon wasted their chance to move ahead of the champions by losing 3-2 to Nice.
Pavel Sulc scored twice for Lyon, but it proved not to be enough as goals from Melvin Bard, Sofiane Diop and Hicham Boudaoui ensured the hosts took all three points.
In the other match, Monaco was held to a 1-1 draw by Angers. Folarin Balogun found the net for Monaco before Sidiki Cherif equalized five minutes from time.
League
With Barcelona supplants Real Madrid at the top of La Liga For at least 24 hours, Atletico Madrid also gained ground on their city rivals by winning 1-0 against Osasuna.
Thiago Almada's 69th-minute goal was the difference and Simeone's side moved up to fourth place.
Meanwhile, Villarreal and Real Betis – two teams with top four aspirations – played out an entertaining 2-2 draw at the Estadi de la Ceramica.
The Yellow Submarine took a two-goal lead through Tajon Buchanan and Alberto Moleiro, but Antony – a somewhat rejuvenated figure since his move from Manchester United – scored twice, including a 94th-minute equalizer.
The result keeps Villarreal in third place but means Betis drop to fifth thanks to Atletico's victory.
Elsewhere in Spain, Mallorca secured an impressive 3-1 victory over Sevilla.
Ruben Vargas opened the scoring for Sevilla, but a valiant second-half performance from Mallorca resulted in goals from Vedat Muriqi and an unanswered brace from Mateo Joseph to secure an important victory for the La Liga strugglers.
Bundesliga
In the Bundesliga, apart from the leader of Bayern winning a record 11th consecutive victory in all competitionsvictories for RB Leipzig and Stuttgart both moved them ahead of Dortmund in the standings.
Leipzig moved into second place after beating Hamburg 2-1 thanks to Christoph Baumgartner's goals either side of half-time, making it six games unbeaten for Ole Werner's side.
Former Arsenal player Albert Sambi Lokonga scored for Hamburg.
Stuttgart, meanwhile, performed much more comfortably in their clash with Wolfsburg, winning convincingly 3-0 at the Volkswagen Arena.
Tiago Tomas, Max Mittelstadt and Angelo Stiller all found the net for the visitors, who sit in third place.
There was also a victory for Leverkusen, who emerged victorious from a seven-goal thriller against Mainz.
Kasper Hjulmand's men took a two-goal lead through an Alejandro Grimaldo penalty and a Christian Kofane goal, but Lee Jae-Sung halved the deficit 10 minutes later.
Grimaldo doubled his tally in first-half stoppage time before Mainz responded again through Nadiem Amiri's penalty after 71 minutes.
Martin Terrier then added a fourth for Leverkusen late on, but again Mainz reduced the lead to one with a 90th-minute Armindo Sieb goal to set up a nervy final minutes.
In the other two matches, Cologne and Augsburg drew 1-1, while Heidenheim and Werder played out a thrilling 2-2 draw.
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