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Newcomer Luis Suárez wasted no time making his mark on Atlético de Madrid, as Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich suffered a day to forget.
Suárez came off the bench with 20 minutes to go, and Athletic leading 3-0, to announce in style three days after his arrival from Barcelona with two goals in a 6-1 win over Granada.
Diego Costa scored the only goal of the first half after nine minutes, and Saúl Niguez saw his penalty in the 16th minute stopped by Rui Silva for the hosts.
Ángel Correa and Joao Félix scored before Suárez’s introduction, and he made an immediate impact by setting up Marcos Llorente to add a fourth.
Suárez scored a good header to open his account in the 85th minute and, as Jorge Molina grabbed a final consolation for Granada, the Uruguayan forward slipped home his second in injury time.
Barcelona He also enjoyed an impressive victory on Sunday with Lionel Messi scoring a penalty and Ansu Fati scoring a quick double as Ronald Koeman’s team opened their LaLiga campaign by beating Villarreal 4-0 at the Camp Nou.
Messi, who made his first competitive appearance since informing Barca in August that he wanted to leave, and then decided to stay this season, converted a 35-minute penalty to put the hosts up 3-0. The penalty was awarded after a foul by Mario Gaspar on the teenager Fati, whose superb start to the game had already seen him score two goals in a row.
Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann celebrate Barcelona’s fourth against Villarreal at the Camp Nou in Catalonia. Photograph: Getty Images
The 17-year-old Spanish international fired in the first game in the 15th minute after receiving the ball from Jordi Alba’s cut. Four minutes later, Philippe Coutinho, back from his assignment at Bayern Munich, took the lead from his own field and fed Fati, who beat Sergio Asenjo. After the ensuing penalty, things got even better for new Barça manager Koeman just before half-time as a shot from Messi was deflected by Villarreal’s Pau Torres into his own goal.
In another part of LaLiga, Ivan Rakitic scored his Seville Come back with a 3-1 win in Cádiz.
If it was a good day in Spain for the Uruguayan international, it was terrible in Germany for the European champions Bayern while falling to a first loss in all competitions in 33 attempts dating back to December in Hoffenheim.
Ermin Bicakcic headed the home team into a lead in the 16th minute that was doubled in eight minutes by Munas Dabour.
Joshua Kimmich cut the deficit from distance with 36 minutes to go, as his team tried to preserve a Bundesliga unbeaten streak that extended to 21 games before kickoff.
However, Andrej Kramaric ended any hope of a comeback when he restored Hoffenheim’s two-goal lead with 13 minutes to go and then consolidated a 4-1 win with a penalty in injury time after goalkeeper Manuel Neuer committed a foul on Ihlas Bebou.
In Ligue 1, Wissam Ben Yedder’s double set the stage for Monaco to beat Strasbourg 3-2 despite playing the final 23 minutes with just nine men.
Ben Yedder’s double on both sides of Rubén Aguilar’s goal and Mehdi Chahiri’s response sent the hosts sidestepping, but they had to hang up after Aurelien Tchouameni and Axel Disasi sent off in the second half. Ludovic Ajorque’s penalty put a tense end.
In Serie A, Naples defeated Genoa in a complete 6-0 win, with Hirving Lozano grabbing a double. Piotr Zielinski, Dries Mertens, Elif Elmas and Matteo Politano were the other scorers at Stadio San Paolo.
Franck Kessie’s penalty in the first half and Brahim Díaz’s goal ensured the 2-0 victory for AC Milan in Crotone.
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