Real Sociedad and Napoli both climb to top of table as Atlético are held

Real Sociedad broke the four-way tie at the top of La Liga with a 2-0 win at Celta Vigo.

Alexander Isak and Aritz Elustondo scored second-half goals to put the Basque club back in sole possession of the lead after 11 matches. They are three points ahead of Real Madrid, Sevilla and Real Betis.

Madrid and Sevilla, who drew their matches on Wednesday, have a game in hand. Betis, coming off a win against Valencia, have the same 11 points as Sociedad. Madrid were held by Osasuna at home and Sevilla drew at Mallorca.

The win extended Sociedad’s unbeaten run to 10 straight league matches, with seven wins and three draws, including 2-2 at defending champion Atlético Madrid last Sunday.

Celta Vigo had lost five of its six matches at home this season and stayed in 14th place with 10 points from 11 matches. Isak opened the scoring for the visitors from close range in the 54th minute after video review intervened to reverse an offside call. Elustondo added to the lead after a corner in the 79th.

Atlético Madrid conceded a last-minute penalty as they were held to a 2-2 draw by struggling Levante. Diego Simeone’s men were on course to grab all three points after going 2-1 ahead following substitute Matheus Cunha’s stunning 76th minute strike.

But for the second time, Atlético surrendered their lead through a penalty, following a handball by Renan Lodi. Enis Bardhi converted his second spot kick of the game in the 90th-minute to hand 19th-placed Levante a share of the points. Antoine Griezmann scored his first league goal of the season with a header to give Atlético the lead in the 12th minute. The result left Atlético in sixth.

Last-place Getafe remained the only other team without a win along with Levante after conceding an equaliser seven minutes into second-half stoppage time at Granada. Former Getafe striker Jorge Molina scored the late goal for the hosts with a header following a corner. Enes Unal had put Getafe ahead in the 36th. Granada forward Luis Suárez missed a penalty kick in the 78th. Granada stayed just outside the relegation zone, five points ahead of Getafe.

Lorenzo Insigne scored twice from the penalty spot as Napoli returned to the top of the Serie A standings, level on points with equally unbeaten AC Milan, after a 3-0 home win against Bologna.

Spain midfielder Fabián Ruiz opened the scoring in the 18th minute at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium with a left footed shot into the top corner from outside the box that gave goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski no chance.
Captain Insigne doubled the tally from the spot in the 41st minute after a VAR decision confirmed Chilean centre-back Gary Medel had handled the ball in the area under pressure from Victor Osimhen.

Insigne, who had missed a good 15th minute chance, stepped up and fired into the bottom corner. His second came in the 62nd, right-footed to the bottom left, after another VAR review when Osimhen went down in the area. There was to be no hat-trick, with Insigne taken off three minutes later. Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti was absent from the dugout as he served a touchline ban after being sent off in the 0-0 draw at Roma last Sunday.

source: theguardian.com