RAPHINHA continued his red-hot form with a hat trick in a 3-1 win at Sevilla as defending champion Barcelona recorded a seventh straight victory in La Liga on Saturday.
Lamine Yamal set up two of the irrepressible Brazilian's goals to make it a La Liga-high 12 so far — one less than Raphinha scored all last season.
Earlier, Lautaro Martinez rescued Inter Milan with two second-half goals as the defending Serie A champion drew 2-2 at Roma in their table-topping clash.
Arsenal lost the top spot in the Premier League after a first defeat and Borussia Dortmund went first in Germany with a fourth straight victory.
This time it wasn't Donyell Malen scoring for Roma but midfielder Manu Koné with two first-half goals as Roma stayed top on goal difference. Martinez netted twice in the second half as both sides remained undefeated.
Maximilian Beier's effort gave Dortmund a 1-0 win at Stuttgart and a two-point lead over defending champion Bayern Munich.
Koné put Roma ahead in the sixth minute after being set up by Nahuel Molina, who nodded back a back-post cross from Paulo Dybala for Koné to run onto.
He scored again from close range in the 37th after being set up by Gianluca Mancini, following another curling cross by Dybala. The goal was ruled offside but given following a video check.
Roma coach Gian Piero Gasperini stopped Koné being sold to Inter in the offseason.
Martinez replied immediately after the break, clipping the ball inside the post after combining superbly with Marcus Thuram on a swift counterattack, then equalized in the 79th.
Third-placed Lazio won 2-0 at Venezia, while fourth-placed Cagliari continued its fine start with a 1-0 win at Udinese. Midfielder Daniel Maldini — the son of famed Italy defender Paolo Maldini — scored for the Sardinian side.
