Football: the main stories of 19.09.2026

Barcelona's title lead is now built on one man's finishing. Raphinha scored three at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán to turn a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 win, his second hat-trick inside a week, and Hansi Flick's side have won all 7 league games. Ten goals in the first seven rounds puts him in company only Messi and Ronaldo have kept this century in Spain. Last week he said he wanted a new contract and to finish his career at the club; he also said the German coach was the reason he stayed after deciding to leave. The cost was Andreas Christensen, withdrawn with a thigh problem and facing weeks out.

Arsenal were beaten 3-0 at Brighton and lost their unbeaten record, with Declan Rice fortunate to stay on the pitch after kicking out at Malick Yalcouye in the closing seconds; Mikel Arteta called it a big lesson and said his side fell below their standards. Borussia Dortmund go into the international break at the top of the Bundesliga after Maximilian Beier converted a Jobe Bellingham cross for a 1-0 win at Stuttgart — a league where Harry Kane reached 100 goals in 98 appearances a day earlier. Tottenham, meanwhile, sit in the relegation zone: 2-3 at home to Aston Villa, no wins and 2 goals in 5 matches after more than £300m of summer spending.

• Roma and Inter drew 2:2 at the Olimpico, Koné and Lautaro Martínez both scoring twice.
• Juventus goalkeeper Kamil Grabara tore his ACL in training, days after his first start for the club.
• Cagliari won 1-0 at Udinese through a late Daniel Maldini finish, his third of the season, lifting Pisacane's side into third.
• Paris FC beat Strasbourg, and Liam Rosenior's celebration in front of his former supporters ended in a confrontation on the pitch.
• PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safonov has an alimony hearing set for 19 October, the day before the Champions League tie with Barcelona.
• One outlet reports that Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick as Trabzonspor handed Galatasaray their first defeat on Thomas Reis's debut.
• Also from a single report: Christian Eriksen's Wolfsburg coach has advised him to retire, three months after he collapsed against Ukraine.
• Arsenal host Manchester United in the Women's Super League at 17:30 BST.