Club football action returned after the international break with Arsenal winning the North London Derby while Erling Haaland did Erling Haaland things for Manchester City in the Premier League.
Over at La Liga, Kylian Mbappe and Lamine Yamal were among the goals as Real Madrid and Barcelona continued their strong starts to the new season while Harry Kane ratcheted up his goal tally in Bundesliga.
This weekend also saw the return of Lionel Messi after an injury layoff, and of course he scored more than one goal.
ESPN's By The Numbers brings you best stats from the weekend:
PREMIER LEAGUE
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Arsenal have won three consecutive away North London derbies for the first time since September 1988.
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Arsenal have won six consecutive Premier League away games for the first time since March-September 2013, when they won eight in a row under Arsène Wenger.
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Gabriel Magalhae scored his eighth career game-winning goal in the Premier League.
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Seven yellow cards is the most in the first half since 2008 (Arsenal v. Huddersfield) in the Premier League.
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Haaland made 50th goal contribution (41 G, 9 A) in 36 Premier League games played at home. He averages 1.14 goals per home game in the league.
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Haaland is the first player in Premier League history with 9 goals within his first 4 games of a season. Before him, Wayne Rooney had scored 8 goals through 4 games in the 2011-12 season.
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Haaland is also the first player with 3 straight multi-goal games in the Premier League since Tammy Abraham did so for Chelsea in 2019.
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Crystal Palace's Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored 16 PL goals in 2024 calendar year, which is the second-most by any player in that span behind Haaland's 22 goals.
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Manchester United's win over Southampton was their first by 3 goals in Premier League since February.
LALIGA
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Real Madrid are on a 32-game unbeaten streak in all competitions (21-11-0 W-D-L). This is the club's longest unbeaten streak in all competitions since a run of 40 from April 2016 to January 2017.
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Vinícius Júnior improved to 5-for-5 from the penalty spot for Real Madrid in all competitions)
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Kylian Mbappe has scored 4 goals in 3 career games against Real Sociedad across all competitions.
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At 17 years and 64 days old, Lamine Yamal is the youngest player in La Liga history with a first-half brace.
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Barcelona has scored 11 goals in a 2-game span in La Liga for the first time since early 2017.
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At 38 years, Jesus Navas becomes Sevilla's all-time oldest goalscorer in La Liga, a distinction previously held by Sergio Ramos.
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Conor Gallagher scored his first career goal for Atlético Madrid, becoming the first Englishman to score a goal for Atlético Madrid in La Liga history.
SERIE A
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Christian Pulisic scored his 17th goal for AC Milan in all competitions since last season, tying Olivier Giroud for the most by any player for the team in that span.
BUNDESLIGA
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Harry Kane scored his fifth career Bundesliga hat trick, tying Andrej Kramaric for the 8th-most in league history.
MESSI-RONALDO WATCH
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Lionel Messi scores a brace in first 30 minutes vs Philadelphia Union in his return from an ankle injury - his first goals since July 10 with Argentina against Canada in the Copa América semifinals.
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Messi now has 14 goals and 13 assists in 13 games this MLS season, tying Timbers' Evander for third-most in goal contributions this season. His 27 goal contributions are 2 shy Cincinnati's Luciano Acosta (29) for the most in the league this season, despite Acosta playing in twice as many games (26 matches).
(Stats courtesy ESPN's Stats & Information Group)