Another weekend of European football provided plenty of drama, excitement and goals. If you checked the box scores, you’d think there were few surprises as the weekend’s action got underway, but those full-time figures tell only half the story.
On Saturday, Harry Kane starred for Bayern Munich in his first Bundesliga Der Klassiker, Chelsea women dominated Aston Villa in the Women’s Super League before news broke that their manager Emma Hayes will depart at the end of the season, and Paris Saint-Germain‘s Warren Zaïre-Emery continues to shine in Ligue 1. Finally, Barcelona left it until late to clinch a winner against a tough Real Sociedad side.
Here is your look back at all the fun from Saturday.
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SATURDAY REVIEW
The Saturday lead: Kane shines for Bayern Munich against supposed rivals Borussia Dortmund
The expectations going into another edition of the Der Klassiker were that Borussia Dortmund had a realistic chance of beating Bayern Munich for the first time in a league game since 2018. Munich had just suffered an embarrassing defeat against third-division side Saarbrücken in the German Cup a few days prior and manager Thomas Tuchel was dealing with significant injury woes in his squad. But even a somewhat diminished Bayern side…
