Ferran Torres scores twice as Barcelona close on leaders Real Madrid

Ferran Torres struck twice as Barcelona beat Getafe 3-0 in LaLiga amid reports Marcus Rashford was left out of the starting line-up after being late for training.

Rashford, who scored twice for Barca in their midweek Champions League win at Newcastle, is reported to have turned up late to a training session on Sunday morning before the game and was dropped to the bench before appearing as a half-time substitute.

Torres fired a first-half double and Dani Olmo struck after the break to lift Hansi Flick’s side to within two points of leaders Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid had Alexander Sorloth sent off and were denied by a late goal for the second time in five days as Vedat Muriqi’s header in the closing stages salvaged Mallorca a 1-1 home draw.

Atletico, beaten 3-2 at Liverpool in the Champions League in midweek after Virgil van Dijk’s stoppage-time header, had led through Conor Gallagher’s second-half effort.

Gallagher opened the scoring seven minutes after Sorloth’s yellow card for his challenge on Antonio Raíllo was upgraded to red by VAR.

Unbeaten Elche maintained their impressive start to the season with a 1-0 home win against Real Oviedo and Rayo Vallecano were held 1-1 at home by Celta Vigo.

Borussia Dortmund moved up to second in the Bundesliga, two points behind leaders Bayern Munich, after Karim Adeyemi’s first-half strike was enough to sink Wolfsburg 1-0 at Signal Iduna Park.

Former Nottingham Forest winger Oliver Burke struck a hat-trick for Union Berlin as they won a seven-goal thriller 4-3 at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Haris Tabakovic’s stoppage-time header clinched Borussia Monchengladbach a 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen, who were denied back-to-back Bundesliga wins under new head coach Kasper Hjulmand.

Inter Milan climbed into the top half of Serie A after edging to a 2-1 home win against Sassuolo.

Inter led 2-0 through Federico Dimarco’s first-half opener and Tarik Muharemovic’s late own goal, but were given a scare after Walid Cheddira pulled one back in the 84th minute.

Lorenzo Pellegrini struck the only goal in the capital derby to earn Roma a 1-0 win against Lazio, who ended the game with nine men.

Pellegrini fired home shortly before the break, while Lazio midfielder Reda Belahyane was shown a straight red card for his challenge on Manu Kone and former Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi was sent off for dissent after Danilo Cataldi’s stoppage-time effort for Lazio had struck the woodwork.

Nikola Krstovic fired a first-half double and Kamaldeen Sulemana was also on target before the break as Atalanta won 3-0 at Torino to climb up to fifth place.

Jayden Addai’s stoppage-time strike sealed Como their second league win of the season, 2-1 at Fiorentina and Cremonese were held 0-0 at home by Parma.

In Ligue 1, Monaco bounced back from their 4-1 midweek Champions League defeat in Brugge with three late goals to beat Metz 5-2.

Barcelona loanee Ansu Fati, who scored his first Monaco goal on Thursday, came off the bench for the start of the second half to fire a double as Adi Hutter’s side climbed level on points with Paris St Germain at the top of the table.

Strasbourg maintained their impressive start to the season with a 3-2 win at Paris FC, Auxerre overcame the second-half dismissal of Fredrik Oppegard to beat Toulouse 1-0 at home and second-bottom Lorient drew 1-1 at Le Havre.

PSG’s game at Marseille was postponed due to thunderstorms in the area.