Inter were handed a shock 2-1 loss at home to Udinese in Serie A despite taking the lead through Denzel Dumfries as the visitors responded with two goals before the break on Sunday.
Cristian Chivu’s side won their opening game 5-0 at home to Torino but looked well off that form despite opening the scoring in the 17th minute when Dumfries tapped in from a Marcus Thuram pass in the box.
Udinese had already looked dangerous before that and continued to threaten after going behind, equalising 12 minutes later when a Dumfries handball in the area was penalised and Keinan Davis converted from the spot.
The equaliser was no more than Udinese deserved and with Inter looking nervy, the visitors went in front five minutes before the break. A Davis pass sent Arthur Atta driving towards the danger zone and he steered his shot from the edge of the area into the far corner.
“After the last season, I realised where we could improve and Atta was one with more potential,” the Udinese manager, Kosta Runjaic, told DAZN. “Now he has certainly become more dangerous.“
Juventus scraped a 1-0 win at Genoa in their Serie A clash, with Dusan Vlahovic coming off the bench to score for the second successive game. Vlahovic, who also scored in the opening-day victory against Parma, looked poised to leave Juventus in the close season, with the club eager to sell the striker rather than lose him for free when his contract runs out next year. Yet for now the Serbia international is proving vital at this early stage of the campaign.
The game sparked into life only in the closing minutes of the first half when the Genoa goalkeeper Nicola Leali saved the home side, and a wasteful Jonathan David spurned a gilt-edged chance.
The Juventus manager, Igor Tudor, turned to his bench after the break, and when Filip Kostic whipped in a corner in the 73rd minute, Vlahovic sent a thumping header past Leali to earn the visitors a scarcely deserved win. Torino secured their first point of the season, after a goalless draw with the visitors Fiorentina.
In La Liga, Barcelona dropped their first points this season as Rayo Vallecano fought back to secure a 1-1 draw at home to the champions in a testy encounter on Sunday where a faulty VAR system caused controversy.
The Rayo substitute Fran Pérez thrashed home a 67th-minute equaliser as he stole in unmarked at the back post from a corner after Lamine Yamal’s 40th-minute penalty had put Barca ahead.
A malfunctioning VAR ensured the game was clouded in controversy after Pep Chavarria’s challenge on Yamal, which led to the spot-kick being awarded, could not be reviewed because the system was not working at the time.
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Chavarria did make contact with Yamal’s thigh but the penalty award might have been overturned on review. Both teams had been informed of the faulty system at kick-off, but Rayo’s vigorous protests over referee Mateo Busquets’ decision ensured the rest of the clash at Estadio de Vallecas was played in a tempestuous atmosphere. Indignant home supporters voiced their fury at every subsequent decision that went against their side.
Celta Vigo grabbed a last-gasp equaliser against Villarreal through Borja Iglesias. The Celta striker scored four minutes into stoppage time, cancelling out Nicolas Pépé’s goal from early in the second half.
The Borussia Dortmund striker Serhou Guirassy scored once in each half to help steer the hosts to a 3-0 victory against Union Berlin on Sunday and notch their first Bundesliga win of the season. The 29-year-old has now scored in his seventh consecutive Bundesliga match, with only two players in Dortmund history having achieved a longer sequence.
The Guinea international missed two golden chances early in the first half, including a one-on-one with the goalkeeper Frederik Rønnow. But it was third time lucky just before half-time when Yan Couto found the striker with a superb pass.
Guirassy then scored his third goal in two league matches in the 58th minute after a one-two with Maximilian Beier and a smooth chip over Rønnow before Felix Nmecha, on as a substitute, sealed the win.
