Man United trips at West Ham; Granada ambushes Barcelona

Inter tops Serie A with comfortable win over Milan; Leipzig stays on top of the Bundesliga

September 22, 2019 09:15 pm | Updated 09:15 pm IST - Madrid

Early shocker: A Junior Firpo error for Barcelona ends with the simplest of headers for Granada’s Ramon Azeez.

Early shocker: A Junior Firpo error for Barcelona ends with the simplest of headers for Granada’s Ramon Azeez.

West Ham inflicted more away-day pain on a poor Manchester United side on Sunday, lifting itself to fourth in the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win at the London Stadium.

Andriy Yarmolenko’s goal shortly before half-time and a wonderful late Aaron Cresswell free-kick extended United’s barren run on the road.

United has lost twice already in its opening six league games and lies seventh, without an away win in any competition since March.

Earlier on Saturday, Barcelona threw on its stars of the present and the future but neither Lionel Messi nor Ansu Fati could save it from a dismal 2-0 defeat away at Granada.

But while both came on at half-time with Barca trailing to Ramon Azeez’s opener, it was Granada that scored again, Alvaro Vadillo converting a penalty after Arturo Vidal was found guilty of a handball.

Barcelona has now won only two of its opening five league games and none away from Camp Nou.

With seven points on the board, this is its worst start to a season since 1994.

Instead, Granada goes top of the table after capitalising on Atletico Madrid’s goalless draw at home to Celta Vigo a few hours before. Barcelona is sixth.

Romelu Lukaku fired Inter Milan back top of Serie A with the second goal of a 2-0 derby win that extended its perfect start to the season at the expense of city rival AC Milan.

Belgium striker Lukaku and Marcelo Brozovic’s second half strikes gave Inter its fourth win in as many games.

Antonio Conte’s Inter was looking for a boost after its dismal 1-1 Champions League draw against Czech outsider Slavia Prague.

And it hit back in a fiery Milan derby with Belgian striker Lukaku heading in his third goal in four games with 12 minutes remaining after Brozovic’s 49th-minute opener.

RB Leipzig stayed top of the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 3-0 win at Werder Bremen. A first-half header by defender Willi Orban and a stunning free-kick by playmaker Marcel Sabitzer saw Leipzig go 2-0 up before midfielder Konrad Laimer was sent off for a second yellow card with 26 minutes remaining.

Leipzig made light of being a man down when it grabbed a late third when Marcelo Saracchi scored.

The results: Premier League: Crystal Palace 1 (Dendoncker-og 46) drew with Wolves 1 (Jota 90+5); West Ham 2 (Yarmolenko 44, Cresswell 84) bt Man Utd 0.

Bundesliga: Borussia Monchengladbach 2 (Thuram 74, 88) bt Fortuna Duesseldorf 1 (Adams 7).

La Liga: Getafe 4 (Baba 7-og, Molina 33-pen, Nyom 63, Angel 84) bt Mallorca 2 (Budimir 70, 77); Espanyol 1 (Zaldua 71-og) lost to Real Sociedad 3 (Willian Jose 18, 34, Isak 75).

Serie A: Sassuolo 3 (Caputo 26, 45+2, Duncan 47) bt SPAL 0; Sampdoria 1 (Gabbiadini 56) bt Torino 0; Lecce 1 (Mancosu 61-pen) lost to Napoli 4 (Llorente 28, 82, Insigne 40-pen, Ruiz 52); Bologna 1 (Sansone 54-pen) lost to Roma 2 (Kolarov 48, Dzeko 90+4).

Saturday:Premier League: Newcastle 0 drew with Brighton 0.

La Liga: Atletico Madrid 0 drew with Celta Vigo 0; Granada 2 (Azeez 2, Alvaro Vadillo 66-pen) bt Barcelona 0.

Serie A: Juventus 2 (Ramsey 31, Ronaldo 49-pen) bt Verona 1 (Veloso 21); AC Milan 0 lost to Inter Milan 2 (Brozovic 49, Lukaku 78).

Bundesliga: Werder Bremen 0 lost to RB Leipzig 3 (Orban 13, Sabitzer 35, Saracchi 83).

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