Arsenal loanee Ethan Nwaneri had a dramatic impact on his early Borussia Dortmund career, forcing a deflected late own goal to seal a 3-2 comeback win at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. Dortmund trailed 2-0 after an hour before scoring three times in the final half-hour, with Nwaneri's deflected shot four minutes from time proving decisive; elsewhere, promoted side Elversberg beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-3 to make it two wins from two, and Bayer Leverkusen thrashed Union Berlin 4-0.

In Spain, Athletic Bilbao thrashed Atlético Madrid 3-0 at San Mamés with goals from Nico Williams, Robert Navarro and Oihan Sancet, securing back-to-back wins for coach Edin Terzic after an opening two-match losing run, while Real Madrid lost 1-0 at Real Betis ahead of Barcelona's trip to Valencia. In Italy, Ché Adams struck late as Torino came from behind to beat Fiorentina 2-1, leaving the two-time champions bottom of Serie A having lost their opening three games by an aggregate of 9-1 and been booed off by their own supporters; Inter were due to host Napoli later in a clash of last season's top two.