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European Roundup:

    Suarez, Ibrahimovic and Cavani on target for Barca and PSG 

PARIS (AP) — Some of Eu-       Manchester City played          PSG and slotted home a        Roma beat Fiorentina 2-1       Frosinone and Sampdoria
rope’s top strikers were on    out a 0-0 draw in the Pre-      cool finish in the 23rd min-  to move two points clear of    beat Hellas Verona 4-1 in
target Sunday as Luiz Su-      mier League, while Totten-      ute after getting past de-    its Tuscan opponent at the     the lunchtime kickoff.
arez celebrated the one-       ham surged to a 5-1 victory     fender Francois Clerc on      top of Serie A.
year anniversary of his first  at Bournemouth.                 the left side of the area.    Former Fiorentina play-        GERMANY
game with Barcelona with       Also, Jurgen Klopp was de-      After a disappointing goal-   er Mohamed Salah and           Pierre-Emerick Aubamey-
a hat trick hours before       nied a first victory as Liver-  less draw against injury-hit  Gervinho scored in the first   ang scored a hat trick and
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and         pool manager when Sadio         Real Madrid in the Cham-      half before Khouma Baba-       Shinji Kagawa starred as
Edinson Cavani scored          Mane scored a late goal
for unbeaten leader Par-       to earn Southampton a 1-1       FC Barcelona’s Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring against Eibar during a Spanish La Liga soccer
is Saint-Germain in the        draw at Anfield.                match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2015.
French league.                 United went closest to win-
In England, the 170th Man-     ning against City when sub-                                                                                                        (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
chester derby did not live     stitute Jesse Lingard turned
up to high expectations,       a high ball from Anthony        pions League midweek,         car netted a consolation       Borussia Dortmund routed
with United and City play-     Martial onto the crossbar.      PSG’s forwards were more      for Fiorentina with almost     bottom side Augsburg 5-1
ing out a 0-0 draw at Old      The point moves City back       convincing. Cavani gave       the last kick of the match.    in the Bundesliga.
Trafford. Neither of the bit-  to the top of the Premier       PSG more room to breathe      Salah was sent off two min-    Ilkay Gundogan combined
ter rivals was able to pro-    League standings.               in the 48th minute at the     utes from time after being     with Gonzalo Castro before
duce more than one shot         Manuel Pellegrini’s side is    end of a counterattack af-    shown a second yellow          crossing for Aubameyang’s
on target.                     level on 22 points with Arse-   ter connecting with a cross   card for protesting after his  tap-in in the 18th minute
Here is a look at the top Eu-  nal but has a superior goal     from Ibrahimovic, who         initial booking.               and Marco Reus made
ropean leagues:                difference. United stays        found the net in the 67th     Napoli won 1-0 at Chievo       it 2-0 three minutes later,
                               fourth on 20 points.            minute from Cavani’s as-      Verona to move into sec-       when Kagawa turned a
SPAIN                          Liverpool is ninth on 14        sist at the conclusion of a   ond spot, above Fiorenti-      defender one way then
Luis Suarez scored a hat       points, with Southampton a      move ignited by Di Maria.     na, Inter Milan and Lazio on   the other before crossing
trick as Barcelona came        place higher on the same        Saint-Etienne reduced its     goal difference.               for the Germany forward.
from behind to defeat Ei-      total with a higher goal dif-   deficit in the 73rd minute    Lazio beat Torino 3-0.         Kagawa back-heeled the
bar 3-1, joining Real Madrid   ference.                        when Marquinhos failed        Earlier, Juventus beat Ata-    ball for Reus to claim his
atop the Spanish league        Also, Sunderland got its first  to clear the ball and shot    lanta 2-0, while AC Milan      second in the 33rd and
standings.                     win of the season with a 3-0    straight at Verrati, who      edged Sassuolo 2-1 as Ros-     Aubameyang slid in to
Eibar surprised early at the   victory against northeast-      beat his own keeper. The      soneri goalkeeper Gianlu-      convert substitute Adrian
Camp Nou with a goal by        ern England rival Newcas-       Italian made amends with      igi Donnarumma became          Ramos’
striker Borja Baston in the    tle, which dropped Aston        three minutes left to play    the youngest shotstopper       shot at the far post in the
10th minute,                   Villa to last on the day it     with a good cross that Lu-    to start a Serie A match at    85th, after Augsburg’s Raul
but Suarez helped the de-      fired manager Tim Sher-         cas headed in.                age 16 years, 8 months, 6      Bobadilla had reduced the
fending champions rally        wood.                                                         days.                          deficit with a header from
with goals in the 21st, 48th                                   ITALY                         Udinese won 1-0 against        a free kick in the 49th.q
and 85th minutes.              FRANCE
Barcelona played the final     Paris Saint-Germain strik-
minutes with 10 men after      ers enjoyed a prolific eve-
defender Javier Mascher-       ning and left-back Laywin
ano was sent off with a        Kurzawa made the most
straight red card.             of one of his rare starts to
Barcelona and Real Madrid      score his first goal with the
have 21 points each after      French champions in a 4-1
nine rounds, but Madrid        win over Saint-Etienne.
remained ahead on goal         Zlatan Ibrahimovic,
difference after defeating     Edinson Cavani and Lu-
fourth-place Celta Vigo 3-1    cas Moura scored PSG’s
on Saturday in Vigo. Celta     other goals, giving Laurent
fell three points behind the   Blanc’s unbeaten side a
leaders.                       seven-point lead over pro-
Atletico Madrid moved to       moted Angers at the top of
third by beating Valencia      the standings after just 11
2-1.                           weeks.
                               Kurzawa, who joined from
ENGLAND                        Monaco this summer, was
Manchester United and          given only his third start for
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