A portrait of late Sandro Mazzola is displayed moment of silence before the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Lecce, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
AC Milan's Alexis Saelemaekers is challenged by Lecce's Danilo Veiga during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Lecce, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Lecce's head coach Eusebio Di Francesco gestures during the Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Lecce, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
No Pep Guardiola. No problem. Not yet anyway for Manchester City after moving clear at the top of the Premier League with a 5-3 win over Sunderland. New coach Enzo Maresca extended his perfect winning start to the season to five games Sunday and goes into the international break three points ahead of second-place Arsenal. A chaotic match at the Etihad Stadium saw City twice squander the lead and Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey outshine Erling Haaland with a hat trick. Manchester United left it late to salvage a 1-1 draw at Fulham and avoid three straight defeats in all competitions. Alexander Isak scored his fourth goal of the season as Liverpool beat Bournemouth 1-0. Leeds and Crystal Palace drew 0-0.
Leverkusen's head coach Carles Martinez Novell reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig in Leverkusen, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Leverkusen's Patrik Schick heads the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig in Leverkusen, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Haiti’s World Cup defender Hannes Delcroix has scored a quick-fire hat trick to lift Swiss league leader Lugano to another big win. The 27-year-old Delcroix had scored just four times in club soccer before getting three goals between the 35th and 52nd minutes in a 4-0 win at last-place Lausanne on Sunday. In Delcroix’s first full season at Lugano the team is six points clear after nine rounds chasing a first title since 1949. Delcroix played every minute of Haiti’s World Cup games in June, losing to Scotland, Brazil and Morocco. It was Haiti's first World Cup for 52 years.
Manchester United's head coach Michael Carrick, right, speaks with Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes at the end of the English Premier League soccer match between Fulham and Manchester United in London, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Lugano's Hannes Delcroix celebrates after scoring during the Swiss Super League football match between FC Lausanne-Sport and FC Lugano on Sunday, September 20, 2026, in Lausanne, Switzerland. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)
Lugano's Hannes Delcroix celebrates after scoring during the Swiss Super League football match between FC Lausanne-Sport and FC Lugano on Sunday, September 20, 2026, in Lausanne, Switzerland. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)
