European Round-Up: Bayern, Dortmund inflict heavy defeats; Napoli lose as Gattuso makes bow
ByReuters
Bayern Munich’s Philippe Coutinho scored a hat-trick and Robert Lewandowski added two more goals as the champions demolished Werder Bremen 6-1 on Saturday to impressively bounce back from two straight league defeats.
The Bavarians, missing several players through injury, climbed to fourth place on 27 points, four behind leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach who visit VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday.
Borussia Dortmund stayed two points ahead of Bayern in third after a 4-0 win at Mainz 05 but Bayer Leverkusen missed a chance to move into the top four after suffering a shock 2-0 defeat at strugglers Cologne and instead dropped to seventh on 25.
Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso suffered a disappointing debut as Gervinho’s stoppage-time goal earned Parma a 2-1 win at the Stadio San Paolo to extend the home side’s winless run in Serie A to eight games.
Dejan Kulusevski’s early opener was cancelled out by an Arkadiusz Milik header midway through the second half, but Gervinho finished off a clinical counter-attack to earn his side a late victory.
Former AC Milan boss Gattuso was brought in to replace the sacked Carlo Ancelotti last week after a poor start to the season left Napoli in seventh place and on their worst run of league form in 19 years.
BUNDESLIGA
- Fortuna Düsseldorf 0 - 3 RB Leipzig
- Hertha Berlin 1 - 0 SC Freiburg
- 1. FSV Mainz 05 0 - 4 Borussia Dortmund
- 1. FC Köln 2 - 0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- FC Bayern Munich 6 - 1 Werder Bremen
- SC Paderborn 1 - 1 1. FC Union Berlin
LIGA
- Atlético Madrid 2 - 0 CA Osasuna
- Athletic Club 0 - 0 SD Eibar
- Real Sociedad 2 - 2 FC Barcelona
- Granada CF1 - 2 Levante UD
SERIE A
- Napoli 1 - 2 Parma
- Brescia 3 - 0 Lecce
LIGUE UN
- Nîmes Olympique 0 - 1 FC Nantes
- Stade Brestois 0 - 0 OGC Nice
- Angers SCO 0 - 0 AS Monaco
- Amiens SC 1 - 1 Dijon FCO
- Toulouse FC 0 - 1 Stade de Reims
- FC Metz 1 - 1 Olympique de Marseille
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