Big Five: A Week of Football Drama

The European football season continues to heat up. With top-tier clubs battling it out across Germany, France, England, Spain, and Italy, the competition for league supremacy is fiercer than ever.

The season continued with matches played over the weekend in Germany (Bundesliga), France (Ligue 1), England (Premier League), Spain (LaLiga) and Italy (Serie A), which are among the five major football countries in Europe.

Barcelona in Spain, Manchester City in England, Bayern Munich in Germany, Torino in Italy and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in France are at the top of the table.

In the Premier League match of the week, Manchester City drew 2-2 with Arsenal at home with a goal scored in extra time.

Manchester City, who took the lead with Erling Haaland's goal, could not prevent goals from Riccardo Calafiori and Gabriel. John Stones, who came on stage in extra time, brought one point to Manchester City with the goal he scored.

Liverpool and Aston Villa, who played at home, made good use of their opponents' loss of points. Liverpool beat Bournemouth 3-0 and Aston Villa beat Wolverhampton 3-1.

Manchester City, with 13 points, took first place in the fifth week of the Premier League. Following the Manchester team are Liverpool and Aston Villa with 12 points each, and Arsenal with 11 points.

Continuing their path without a loss in LaLiga, Barcelona left Villarreal with a 5-1 victory and made it six out of six. Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha were stars in Barcelona by scoring twice each, while Pablo Torre scored a goal.

Ter Stegen, who was injured in the first half of the game against Villareal and left the game in extra time, was replaced by Inaki Pena. According to the news in the Spanish media, the injury experienced by the 32-year-old goalkeeper was very serious and it was stated that he would be out of the field for eight months

Real Madrid beat Espanyol 4-1 at home in the match in which young footballer Arda Güler started in the first 11 and played for 55 minutes.

Athletic Bilbao beat Celta Vigo 3-1 at home in the week, while Atletico Madrid, one of the undefeated teams in the league, settled for a point with a 1-1 victory in Rayo Vallecano.

Barcelona maintained their top spot with 18 points as the sixth week of LaLiga came to an end. Real Madrid followed Barcelona with 14 points, Athletic Bilbao with 13 points and Atletico Madrid with 12 points.

In Serie A, Torino won 3-2 in Hellas Verona away match with goals from Antonio Sanabria, Duvan Zapata and Che Adams and took the top spot in the week when their opponents lost points.

In the most important match of the week, AC Milan won the Derby della Madonnina 2-1 when they were guests at Inter Milan. The AC Milan team, who gave great joy to their fans, could finally say "Milan is RED" after a long time by winning.

Napoli's three-match winning streak ended with a goalless draw in the match they were guests at Juventus.

Roma beat Udinese 3-0 and finally achieved their first victory. Empoli, who started the season well, won 2-0 away at Cagliari.

In the fifth week of the league, Torino took the top spot with 11 points. Napoli and Udinese follow Torino with ten points each, Juventus and Empoli with nine points each, while Inter and Milan collected eight points each.

Bayern Munich defeated Werder Bremen 5-0 away and entered the season with four out of four. Michael Olise (2), Jamal Musiala, Harry Kane and Serge Gnabry scored goals for the Munich team.

The last champion Bayer Leverkusen, whose matches this season were a goal duel, defeated Wolfsburg 4-3 at home.

Freiburg, one of the teams chasing the top spot, defeated Heidenheim 3-0 away and Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 at home.

Borussia Dortmund, coached by Nuri Şahin, suffered their first defeat by losing 5-1 away to Stuttgart.

After the fourth week in the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich maintained their leadership with 12 points. Bayer Leverkusen, Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt continued to follow the leader with nine points each.

In the fifth week of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 in Reims with goals from Keito Nakamura and Ousmane Dembele and lost their first points.

Olympique Marseille managed to win 3-2 in their away game against Olympique Lyon, with ten men.

Undefeated team Monaco defeated Le Havre 3-1 at home.

PSG, with 13 points after the fifth week of the league, maintained their leadership ahead of Marseille and Monaco on a goal difference.

With injuries, suspensions, and unpredictable results, the battle for league supremacy promises to be a thrilling one. Stay tuned as we continue to follow the action and bring you the latest updates from the world of European football.