Militao takes Madrid top of La Liga

Madrid, Oct. 10: Eder Militao's early goal earned Real Madrid a comfortable 1-0 win over Getafe on Saturday to take them top of La Liga.

Carlo Ancelotti's side now lead Barcelona by three points, ahead of Celta Vigo's visit to Camp Nou on Sunday.

Elsewhere Angel Correa's brace gave Atletico Madrid a 2-1 win over Girona, while new Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli earned a creditable 1-1 draw against third-place Athletic Bilbao.

Real Madrid were able to secure their first clean sheet of the season in La Liga at the Coliseum and it helped them take home the three points.

"It's clear that we want to score more than one, two, or three, but keeping the clean sheet here gave us the win," said defender Dani Carvajal.

"Winning by the minimum and keeping the clean sheet makes it more valuable not to concede."

Militao headed home from Luka Modric's perfect corner in the fourth minute. It was the perfect way for the Brazilian defender to celebrate his 100th appearance for the club.

Correa double 

Argentine forward Correa was at his explosive best to help Atletico, fourth, recover from a chastening defeat by Club Brugge in the Champions League in midweek.

Antoine Griezmann started the game at the Metropolitano, amid reports in Spain that Atletico and Barcelona have settled on a transfer fee to make his loan move permanent.

He played a pivotal role in Atletico's opener, with his clipped cross finished by Correa at the back post.

Then the Argentine striker intercepted Girona goalkeeper Juan Carlos's pass early in the second half and stroked home his second.

Rodrigo Riquelme, on loan from Atletico, pulled Girona back into the game with a deflected drive from distance against his parent club, but they could not find the leveller.

At the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, Sampaoli started his second stint at the helm of Sevilla with an exciting battle against Ernesto Valverde's third-place Athletic Bilbao.

Sevilla came flying out of the blocks and Oliver Torres slid home after little more than three minutes.

Mikel Vesga levelled the scores with a long-range drive in the second half.

Sevilla remain 17th but under Sampaoli, who coached them in the 2016-17 season, they will be hopeful of clawing their way up the table.

Almeria beat Rayo Vallecano 3-1 earlier Saturday.

Milan level with leaders Napoli 

AC Milan bounced back from their midweek humbling at Chelsea by comfortably seeing off Juventus 2-0 on Saturday and moving level on points with Serie A leaders Napoli.

Italian champions Milan showed no signs of a European hangover as they beat fierce rivals Juve in front of a packed San Siro thanks to goals either side of half-time from Fikayo Tomori and Brahim Diaz.

"We were timid in London... today we were more of a team and we worked really hard together. That's what we need to do in all our matches," said Pioli.

Stefano Pioli's team are one of three on 20 points with Napoli and also Atalanta, who travel to Udinese on Sunday afternoon with the chance to claim the outright lead.

Milan sit third after a dominant display which should give them some cause for optimism ahead of Tuesday night, when they try to gain revenge on Chelsea in Champions League Group E.

For Juve it was yet another poor performance and result, a second league defeat of the campaign which leaves them in eighth, seven points off the pace. (AFP)