Borussia Dortmund are at the top of the Bundesliga table as Haaland scored twice in a 3-1 win over Mainz, while Ligue 1 champion Lille suffered his fourth defeat of the season in a match to qualify for Clermont
Borussia Dortmund beat Mainz to win the title
Dortmund's top striker Errin Haaland scored twice after returning from injury and was sent off in the second half to help his side beat Mainz 3-1 on Saturday to top the Bundesliga table.
The Norwegian striker, who has been sidelined since late September due to a muscle injury, appears to be back to his best and continue his sensational bundesliga scoring, now scoring 49 goals in 49 league games.
The 21-year-old opened his account on a penalty in the 54th minute after a lengthy VAR review of the opponent's ball on Saturday before hitting the ball again in second-half stoppage time.
Borussia Dortmund topped the table with 18 points, two points ahead of champions Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, who faced off on Sunday. Freiburg also scored 16 points in a 1-1 match against Leipzig.
"Obviously, he's missing in our squad," Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus said of Haaland. 'It's important for him to play because he often has two or three players occupied.
"Scoring two goals in his comeback is the most important. That's why we signed him. ”
The hosts, who travelled to Ajax Amsterdam for the Champions League next week, had already shot from the box and won a fantastic start, with Reus hitting a deflected blow in the third minute to achieve a fantastic start.
It was Reus' 14th goal in 20 games against Mainz and the team he scored the most in the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund had three-quarters possession of the ball in the tight first half but had to wait for almost the entire half to get another chance in stoppage time, when Jude Bellingham's efforts were cleared.
Haaland's penalty gave Borussia Dortmund some degree of solace in the second half, with Mats hummels' header hitting the post but the away team was not yet done.
Mainz batted jonathan Berkart in Game 87 after a tense ending was caused by a misstep by Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Korbel, who then settled the issue in extra time, scoring 70 goals in 68 of all his club's matches to ensure they scored their ninth consecutive home league win.
Serie A: Lazio beat Inter, AC Milan counter-attacked to win the title
Lautaro Martinez was involved in the confrontation
On Saturday, Felipe Anderson and Sergei Milinkovic-Savage beat Lazio 3-1 in Rome's match against Serie A champions Inter Milan as Simeone Inzaghi suffered his first league defeat against his old club.
Ivan Perisic's penalty gave Inter a lead at halftime, but Siro inMobile equalised with his own penalty in the second half.
Anderson then drove Lazio out in the 81st minute, which made Inter angry that the home team continued to play, while one of the Nerazzurri players was knocked down, but Milinkovic Savic secured the victory with a close-range header in stoppage time.
Inter milan lost their first game of the season, finishing third in the table with 17 points, and Lazio rose to fifth place, three points behind them.
AC Milan played a brilliant second-half counter-attack after beating Greek Verona 3-2 at San Siro on Saturday night and trailing by two goals in the Serie A table.
Gianluca Capari's goal and Anthony Ballack's penalty gave the visiting team an easy lead at half-time, but Olivier Giroud cut the score in half with a header in the 59th minute.
The Rossoneri then reversed the game in two minutes as Frank Casey equalised from the penalty spot and Correy Gaunt tried to break free and enter his goal.
Hosts' top scorer of last season, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, returned from injury in the last 13 minutes of his absence after a more than a month of absence, which is also good news for the hosts.
Milan topped the table with 22 points, leading Napoli by one point in Sunday's game against Turin, while Verona were 13th with eight points.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Ligue 1: Lille lost to Clermont for the fourth time</h1>
On Saturday, ahead of the crucial Champions League match against Sevilla, French champions Lille defeated their fourth defeat of the season 1-0 in a match to qualify for Clermont.
Nsimba scored his first goal in the league, giving Clermont his third win of the season and lifting them up to 11th with 13 points.
Lille, who played Sevilla on Wednesday, are hoping to recover from a poor start to The Champions League Group G and are currently in eighth place with 14 points, 13 points behind leaders Paris Saint-Germain.
Lyon Olympiad will take on Monaco later on Saturday.
Lille's absence from suspension, Braque Yermaz, the absence of the Turkish international put pressure on the Northerners, who lacked aggression throughout the process.
Clermont was the first player to play and their dominance paid off in the 32nd minute after finding the net with a low-half interception after Benjamin Andre's unblocking on his way.
After Nzimba appeared to be handling the ball in the Clermont zone, Lille refused a penalty request earlier in the second half.
However, their best chance to equalise came eight minutes later, but Arthur Desmas blocked Josefonte's low shot.