European football: Roma snatch late draw in 3-3 thriller as Como win again

Roma missed the chance to move top of Serie A, but preserved their unbeaten status as Leonardo Balerdi’s 89th-minute goal snatched a thrilling 3-3 draw at Napoli. Scott McTominay put Napoli ahead with his second goal in the 83rd minute, but Balerdi completed his own double to ensure Roma extended their undefeated start to the league campaign to eight matches.

Como backed up their Champions League victory over Manchester United as Anastasios Douvikas scored twice in 11 minutes for a 2-0 win against Sassuolo. They climbed to fourth in the table, two points adrift of Inter who host Fiorentina on Sunday. Later on Saturday, Lazio host Parma.

Maximilian Beier scored in the 80th minute to send Borussia Dortmund top of the Bundesliga table after a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

In a game lacking clear chances, Jobe Bellingham came off the bench and threaded a clever pass for his fellow substitute Beier to score less than a minute later. The narrow victory was Dortmund’s first in the league since mid-September and took Niko Kovac’s side three points clear atop the Bundesliga table.

Bayern Munich can return to the top of the table with a win at Freiburg on Sunday but will be without their coach, Vincent Kompany, who is being treated in hospital for a mystery virus after collapsing at training on Friday.

Niclas Füllkrug scored for the sixth straight Bundesliga match as Werder Bremen won 3-2 at Mainz. Füllkrug, who returned to Bremen on loan from West Ham in the summer, converted two penalties inside the opening 25 minutes. Ludovit Reis grabbed Bremen’s other goal, while Anthony Caci and Lee Jae-sung scored for the hosts.

RB Leipzig completed a comfortable 4-0 home win over promoted Elversberg. Romulo scored twice while Tidiam Gomis and Christoph Baumgartner also got on the scoresheet.

Paderborn’s Rayan Philippe scored in the 88th minute against Hamburg, his parent club, to grab the promoted side a 1-0 victory. Augsburg drew 1-1 with Union Berlin as both sides finished with 10 men. Cologne and Schalke played out a scoreless draw in a match marred by a head clash between the visitor’s Robin Gosens and Soufiane El-Faouzi, who left the field after a first-half collision.

In La Liga, Georges Mikautadze snatched a late 2-1 win for Villarreal in their derby against Valencia, who had Harvey Elliott sent off as both sides finished with 10 men. The visitors came from behind to triumph, leaving Javier Aguirre’s side 19th.

Pepelu put Valencia ahead from the penalty spot in the first half before the American defender Alex Freeman headed the visitors level after 69 minutes. Iñigo Pérez’s Villarreal had Pape Gueye sent off when the Senegal international hit José Gayà in the face with his elbow.

However, Elliott, who is on loan from Liverpool, was soon dismissed for two quick yellow cards for apparent dissent. Mikautadze broke through in stoppage time, racing through and finishing with aplomb to claim the three points.

Later on Saturday, Atlético Madrid are at home to Deportivo A Coruña in Spain, while in France, Lens visit Paris FC in a game that will send any winner to the top of Ligue 1 overnight, a draw sufficing for the hosts.