Griezmann, The Ballon B'ore - Football Crazy Episode 70
Antoine Griezmann is his own hype man, Zlatan puts Toronto on the map, and Ronaldo's thunder is stolen by Juve spitter.
Fortunes varied for La Liga's perceived big three, each of whom faced Basque opposition on Saturday.
First up, Atleti’s title hopes took a fresh blow as the ‘mighty’ Eibar compounded the worst start of the Simeone era with a 1-1 draw. Next on the Basque fight card, Barcelona battled back from a goal deficit to collect maximum points against Real Sociedad, and thus escaped San Sebastian without that familiar feeling of disappointment. And further down the road in Bilbao, Real Madrid dropped their first points of the season with a 1-1 draw at San Mames, with Isco coming off the bench to cancel out Iker Muniain's opener.
In France, Dmitri Payet and Florian Thauvin competed with each other to score the perfect golazo during Marseille's 4-0 victory over Ligue 1 strugglers Guingamp. The ex-West Ham man came out on top with a stunning long-range volley, as the ex-Newcastle man took his tally for the season to five.
Paris Saint-Germain preserved their 100 percent record with a 4-0 mauling of Saint-Etienne. Wearing their now-passé Nike kit, and without the aid of suspended Kylian Mbappe and resting Neymar, Les Parisiens avoided an unforeseen slip-up ahead of Tuesday's box-office trip to Anfield, where Thomas Tuchel gets his Champions League campaign underway with a tricky test at the home of last year's finalists.
Like PSG, Liverpool are off to a perfect start. In their latest Premier League adventure, The Reds claimed a 2-1 win over Tottenham, sticking a proverbial finger in the eye of Mauricio Pochettino's men to go along with the actual finger that almost blinded Roberto Firmino.
Both Manchester sides ran out victors, with United bursting Watford's bubble and City running riot over Fulham, in a game that saw Leroy Sane return to Pep Guardiola's vaunted line-up. And elsewhere, Eden Hazard netted a hat-trick in Chelsea's 4-1 drubbing of Cardiff.
Cristiano Ronaldo breaking his Serie A duck was the biggest news in Italy until Juve teammate Douglas Costa stole the Portuguese's headlines by avoiding a red card for elbowing and head-butting an opponent, only to then get his marching orders for spitting in the guy's face.
Elsewhere in the world of Calcio, Roma and Inter continued to disappoint as Napoli returned to winning ways.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic marked his 500th career goal in typical Zlatan fashion: an acrobatic volley followed by self-aggrandizing post-match comments as LA Galaxy overturned a three-goal deficit to Toronto FC, only to then blow it and lose 5-3. Also in MLS, Wayne Rooney got on the scoresheet as DC United finished all square with New York Red Bulls, a game that saw fellow English goal machine, Bradley Wright Phillips, score thrice.
