Robert Lewandowski’s header sends Barcelona top of LaLiga

Barcelona moved to the top of LaLiga after Robert Lewandowski’s second-half goal earned them a 2-1 victory at home to Real Sociedad.

Lamine Yamal created the winner just seconds after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute, driving into the box and standing the ball up for Lewandowski to head it home.

Earlier, Jules Kounde had equalised for the hosts when he headed in Marcus Rashford’s corner just before half-time, that after Alvaro Odriozola had tapped home to give the visitors a surprise lead after 31 minutes, finishing from Ander Barrenetxea’s pass at the end of a quick breakaway.

Elche climbed into the top four thanks to a goal from defender John Donald that saw them beat Celta Vigo 2-1, while striker Akor Adams struck three minutes from time to earn Sevilla a 1-0 victory at 10-man Rayo Vallecano.

In Serie A, Roma kept up the pressure on leaders Napoli with a 2-0 win at home to Verona to climb to second.

Artem Dovbyk’s goal after seven minutes got the hosts off to the perfect start before Matias Soule added a second late on.

Newly-promoted Sassuolo were 3-1 winners at home to Udinese, bottom-side Lecce scored four minutes into added time to draw 2-2 with Bologna and Pisa were left still searching for their first win after drawing 0-0 at home to Fiorentina.

Defender Josha Vagnoman scored nine minutes from time as Stuttgart climbed to fifth in the Bundesliga with a 2-1 comeback win at Koln.

Ermedin Demirovic’s penalty had earlier levelled the match after Koln had taken a fourth-minute lead through winger Jakub Kaminski.

Freiburg took an early lead against Hoffenheim but were held to a 1-1 draw at home.

Tyler Morton’s first-half goal fired Lyon to a 1-0 win at Lille to go second in Ligue 1 behind Paris St-Germain.

Paris FC continued their bright start with a 1-1 draw at Nice, Brest won 2-0 away at second-bottom Angers and Metz against Le Havre finished goalless.