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Barcelona’s dismal start to the La Liga season continued when a second-half win by substitute Álvaro Negredo gave Cádiz another important top-notch scalp.
Ronald Koeman’s men had bet on a lucky own goal to equalize after Álvaro Giménez put the buoyant home team ahead in the eighth minute.
Cádiz celebrate their victory over Barcelona
But an embarrassing defensive confusion in the 63rd minute gave Negredo a chance to hit the winner with his first touch moments after replacing Giménez and they held on to the 2-1 victory.
Having already sunk Real Madrid on their return to the top flight, the hosts started confidently against their rival seventh.
But Giménez’s first goal sparked a period of intense pressure as Cádiz goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma made big saves to deny Lionel Messi and Philippe Coutinho before the break.
But Barcelona didn’t make the most of their opportunities and were about to call early in the second half when Marc-Andre ter Stegen made a crucial interception to deny Giménez a second.
Barça fortunately drew level in minute 57 when a Jordi Alba center hit Pedro Alcalá, who deflected the ball towards his own goal.
But five minutes later, Cádiz was back in front after Alba’s launch into his own area caused panic in the visiting rear and allowed Negredo to grab the second from his side.
Pressure builds up on Ronald Koeman in Barcelona
Sergio Busquets fired wide and Messi was again denied by Ledesma, but Cádiz had a good opportunity to extend their advantage when Ter Stegen denied Ivan Alejo.
Heading into injury time, Cadiz substitute Bobby Adekanye wasted an opportunity when he was sent clean, and the match ended with Messi taking a free kick into the Cadiz barrier.
Royal victory relieves pressure on Zidane
Real Madrid beat Sevilla 1-0 on Saturday to end a three-match winless streak in La Liga and relieve pressure on manager Zinedine Zidane.
An own goal by Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bono Bounou in the 55th minute after a touch from Vinicius Junior gave Real Madrid victory at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium.
Madrid arrived in Seville with Zidane under fire after the team had won just one of its last five matches in all competitions. They had lost two of their last three league games, including 2-1 against Alavés at home last weekend.
Real had the most important chances in the first half, being stopped by some good saves by local goalkeeper Bono. The hosts almost opened the scoring with a bicycle kick from forward Luuk de Jong in the 52nd minute, but three minutes later Vinicius helped put Madrid on the scoreboard after a cross from Ferland Mendy from the left wing. The Brazilian forward redirected the ball with a soft touch and hit Bono before entering the goal.
Elsewhere, runner-up Atletico Madrid kept the pressure on leader Real Sociedad as second-half goals from Thomas Lemar and Marcos Llorente gave them a 2-0 win Real Valladolid.
I raised won 3-0 at home against Getafe, who finished the game with nine men after the expulsion of José Manuel Chema Rodríguez in the seventh minute and Djene Dakoman in the 77th.
Getafe, falling to 13th place, have not won in six league games since defeating Barcelona 1-0 in October.
Bundesliga: Bayern maintain first place
Kingsley Coman claimed an assists hat-trick as Bayern Munich remained in first place in the Bundesliga with a 3-3 draw against second-placed RB Leipzig.
Leipzig led early through Christopher Nkunku and an effort by Emil Forsberg early in the second half put them in front before Thomas Muller’s second in the 75th minute came to Bayern’s rescue.
Stunning Reyna rescues Dortmund
An impressive shot by Giovanni Reyna, 18, won Borussia Dortmund a 1-1 draw in Eintracht Frankfurt, who drew their fifth consecutive Bundesliga game.
Daichi Kamada gave the hosts a lead in the ninth minute but despite top scorer Erling Haaland injuring his thigh, Dortmund took control after the break and midfielder Reyna tied for the second Bundesliga goal of his career .
Dortmund, who had not drawn in their 27 previous league games, are third with 19 points from 10 games.
Eintracht, without winning in eight games in all competitions, is eighth with 13 points.
Elsewhere, Wolfsburg twice came from behind to claim a 2-2 draw in Suburb, While Arminia Bielefeld broke a seven-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over teammates Mainz.
Freiburg they are now nine games without a win after drawing 2-2 at home by Borussia Monchengladbach.
Serie A: Victories for Inter, Juve and Lazio
Achraf Hakimi scored twice as Inter de Milan remained in second place in Serie A with a 3-1 victory over Bologna.
Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring before Hakimi doubled his team’s lead at the edge of the break.
Bologna reduced the deficit through Emanuel Vignato, but Hakimi’s second in the 70th minute sealed the victory.
Juventus came from behind to win the Turin derby against Torino, who led much of the game thanks to Nicolas Nkoulou’s goal in the ninth minute.
But Juve responded with two headers in the final 13 minutes from Weston McKennie and Leonardo Bonucci, after which substitute goalkeeper Carlo Pinsoglio was sent off for his excessive celebrations.
Goals from Ciro Immobile and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic saw Lazio counterattack from last week’s defeat to Udinese with a 2-1 win at Spezia.
Ligue 1: Mbappé’s milestone in PSG’s victory
Kylian Mbappé became the fifth player to reach 100 goals for his club as PSG hit late to finish Montpellierstreak of four consecutive wins in Ligue 1.
Colin Dagba’s first goal for PSG was disallowed by Montpellier’s Stephy Mavididi, but two goals in the final eight minutes from Moise Kean and Mbappé earned the leader a 3-1 victory.
Arnaud Muinga and Ignatius Ganago were on the record as Lens won 2-0 in Rennes extend the hosts’ winless streak to seven games in all competitions.
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