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Football · 22 OCT · Luis Suárez · Sporting CP

Luis Suárez has scored in nine straight games. The last Sporting man to do it was Yazalde

Luis Suárez scored from the spot after five minutes against LASK and again from close range in the 89th, and that makes nine games in a row with a goal for Sporting. According to Record, no Sporting player had done that since Héctor Yazalde in 1973/74, and yet Sporting lost 2-3 at Alvalade on Wednesday night.

Our take Suárez's streak is hiding Sporting's defence

Football · 20 OCT · Ermedin Demirovic · VfB Stuttgart

Demirovic is "still boiling" after Hamburg. Stuttgart: 6 from 6 in Europe, 13th in Germany

For two days after Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Hamburg, the city where he was born, Ermedin Demirovic says it "really cooked" inside him: he had missed two big chances. Now the Stuttgart striker calls the loss ticked off "even if it is still boiling in me", and he told the German agency dpa that against Atlético Madrid tonight the team must reach "Champions League level in every respect" or there will be no points.

Our take Stuttgart need Demirovic's finishing, not his anger

Football · 19 OCT · Bayern Munich · Arsenal

Bayern's 6-1 hid it: Olise banned, Musiala out, Neuer a doubt for Arsenal

Michael Olise scored one and set up another as Bayern beat RB Leipzig 6-1 on Saturday, and he cannot play on Wednesday against Arsenal. He is suspended after his second yellow card in Stavanger, Max Eberl does not think Jamal Musiala will be ready, and Manuel Neuer is a doubt with what Eberl called a bit of fluid in the foot.

Our take Without Olise, Arsenal arrive as the better side

Football · 15 OCT · İsmail Kartal · Fenerbahçe

Kartal was sent off in Fenerbahçe's 7-1. As coach he has now lost 6-1 and 6-0

İsmail Kartal was the right-back sent off before half-time when Fenerbahçe lost 7-1 at Sigma Olomouc in 1992, and on Wednesday he was the coach on the bench at Villa Park for the club's first six-goal defeat in Europe since that night. Aston Villa won 6-0, the travelling fans called for his resignation in the 78th minute, and Kartal told Habertürk: "We apologise to our club and our supporters for this score."

Our take Saturday against Alanyaspor is now a referendum

Football · 14 OCT · Massimiliano Allegri · Napoli

Allegri: "Knowing how to defend has become almost a disgrace". 3 goals from 4 shots

Villarreal needed four shots on target to score three times against Napoli on Tuesday night. Asked live on Sky Italia by Fabio Capello whether Italian teams have forgotten how to defend, Massimiliano Allegri went further than the question: "È diventata quasi una vergogna saper difendere" (knowing how to defend has become almost a disgrace).

Our take Napoli's problem is three minutes, not fashion

Football · 13 OCT · Luis Díaz · Bayern Munich

Luis Díaz had 49 goals and assists last season. In his last six games: none

On Saturday in Augsburg, Luis Díaz finally scored with an overhead kick, ran off to celebrate, and then watched VAR take it away. It summed up his autumn: six games without a goal or an assist since the opening day, Bild counts, a season after 26 goals and 23 assists.

Our take No panic: Bayern have no other left winger