European club soccer is back after an exciting international break!
On Saturday, Manchester City thumped Liverpool in the Women’s Super League to extend their lead at the top of the table. In the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen‘s late comeback win and Bayern Munich‘s loss to Borussia Dortmund has the title race all but sealed.
Meanwhile, Tyler Adams made a much-anticipated return to the Premier League with Bournemouth, and in LaLiga, Barcelona clinched a win over 10-man Las Palmas.
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SATURDAY REVIEW
The lead: Bayern Munich come up short as Dortmund end their Klassiker losing streak
One day after Xabi Alonso announced that he would stay at Bayer Leverkusen and a few hours after his team edged out another comeback win, Bayern Munich were tasked with beating Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga’s Der Klassiker order to keep their slim championship chances alive. Dortmund had suffered nine consecutive defeats away against Bayern before Saturday’s game, but the Edin Terzic-led side were able to buck the trend by showing an almost flawless performance at Munich’s Allianz Arena, beating Bayern 2-0.
What helped the rather defensively-minded guests tremendously was Karim Adeyemi‘s early go-ahead goal. In…
