We’re heading towards the end of October and with that, the final weekend of matches for the month happening all across Europe. As always, there is drama and excitement within various storylines that go beyond the final scores of matches.
On Friday, we saw Tottenham continue their unbeaten Premier League streak under new manager Ange Postecoglou defeating Crystal Palace 2-1. On Saturday, we saw Brentford lead a second-half charge as they defeated Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. In Spain, Real Madrid‘s Jude Bellingham struck twice, including the game-winner in a 2-1 win against Barcelona in El Clasico. Finally in Germany, we saw a chaotic match as Bayern Munich hit SV Darmstadt for eight goals, as Harry Kane scored another hat trick.
Here is your look back at all the fun from this weekend so far.
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SATURDAY REVIEW
The Saturday lead: Brentford strike twice to defeat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea’s new owners can change the manager, the coaching staff, and the players yet some things stay the same.
There was an all-too-familiar feel to Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat to Brentford which has through lines from the Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, and Frank Lampard head coach eras at Stamford Bridge: create chances but compound a failure to take them by conceding soft goals.
And so to some extent, Mauricio Pochettino has inherited this problem despite a dramatic turnover of players in the £1 billion spree overseen by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital since their May 2022 takeover. There have been signs of progress: seven points from nine before this weekend, including a 4-1 win at Burnley, promising flashes from Mykhailo Mudryk and an impressive start to life in London from 21-year-old summer signing Cole Palmer.
