The Reds were stunned on the break inside three minutes when AC Milan winger Christian Pulisic found the net with a driven strike across goal. But Arne Slot's side responded with a dominant performance and, after Mohamed Salah hit the bar, defender Ibrahima Konate levelled with a stooping 23rd-minute header from Trent Alexander-Arnold's free-kick. Salah struck the bar again before Virgil van Dijk completed the turnaround shortly before half-time when he met Konstantinos Tsimikas' corner with a close-range header. The win was wrapped up in the 67th minute when Cody Gakpo ended an electric run by squaring the ball to Dominik Szoboszlai for a tap-in. Liverpool also gave a brief debut to summer signing Federico Chiesa who replaced Salah in the 93rd minute.

The Frenchman opened his La Liga account before the international break and coolly sent Alex Remiro the wrong way from the penalty spot late in the second half after Jon Aramburu stood on Vinicius Jr's foot. Vinicius opened the scoring for Madrid in the 58th minute, also with a penalty, after former Manchester City left-back Sergio Gomez handled Arda Guler's powerful hit. Brazilian Vinicius made no mistake as he scored his second La Liga goal of the season. Sociedad may have wondered how they had not taken the lead after hitting the woodwork three times - twice in the first half and once in the second. Keeper Thibaut Courtois could only watch as Luka Susic’s powerful strike from the edge of the box rattled the crossbar in the 25th minute. Madrid were saved by the woodwork again 10 minutes later. Dani Carvajal lost possession deep in his own half and Sheraldo Becker’s left-footed strike spun off the bar. Croatian Susic perfectly opened up his body 20 seconds into the second half to slide a left-footed effort past Courtois, but he could not beat the base of the post. England international Jude Bellingham remained on the sidelines after injuring his calf before the international break, although he has returned to training. Madrid are unbeaten after five league matches but remain a point behind leaders Barcelona despite having played a game more.

Lionel Messi marked his return from injury with two goals and an assist to help Inter Miami to a 3-1 win against Philadelphia Union. The World Cup-winning Argentina captain had not played since injuring his ankle in his country's Copa America final victory over Colombia in July. That saw him miss this month's World Cup qualifiers, while he also sat out eight games for his Major League Soccer side - though they lead the MLS Eastern Conference standings. But the 37-year-old former Barcelona star played the full 90 minutes in his first start for three months and ran the show. Philadelphia took the lead after 58 seconds through Mikael Uhre but Miami equalised in the 26th minute, Messi beating a defender and lashing home after collecting a pass from Luis Suarez following good work from another ex-Barca team-mate in Jordi Alba. Messi fired his team ahead four minutes later after being teed up by Alba and went on to set up Suarez for Miami's third deep in second-half injury time. After the match Messi, who now has 14 goals in 13 games this season, acknowledged he was "a little tired". "I really wanted to come back, I had been off of the field for a long time," he added. "Little by little I was training with the group, feeling good and that's why we decided that I would start, and I'm very happy." Elsewhere, LA Galaxy fought back from two goals down to beat Los Angeles rivals LAFC 4-2 as the top two teams in the Western Conference met.

Visiting forward Yoane Wissa scored the quickest top-flight goal of the season, heading into an empty net from close range after John Stones and Ederson inexplicably messed up attempting to clear Keane Lewis-Potter's nod-back. City were rocking but Haaland steadied the ship, driving home the loose ball after Kevin de Bruyne had been tackled inside the Brentford box. The Norwegian was playing despite the death of a close family friend in midweek. He scored a second before the break as he outmuscled Ethan Pinnock to reach Ederson's long punt forward. It left Haaland tantalisingly close to becoming only the fifth player in English top-flight history - and the first since 1946 - to score three successive hat-tricks. He came close. Brentford keeper Mark Flekken tipped one goal-bound effort over the bar. Haaland then sent an instinctive first-time strike against the post and was unable to get enough power behind the rebound to take it into the net. But, despite the crowd clearly willing him on, dad Alfie watching from the stands and manager Pep Guardiola opting not to take him off even though his side start their Champions League campaign with a 2023 final rematch against Inter Milan on Wednesday, this time Haaland had to settle for two.

Slot had led Liverpool to three wins out of three without conceding since replacing Jurgen Klopp in the summer. But they were frustrated by Nottingham Forest, who claimed their first win at Anfield since February 1969 thanks to Callum Hudson-Odoi's strike. It was not a proper smash-and-grab, but Liverpool did have the better chances - and Slot said his team made too many errors. Liverpool were frustrated by Forest breaking up play in the first half and their best chance came when Luis Diaz struck a post. One team's unbeaten start was in all the headlines - and the other team's was not. And now one of them, Forest, remain without defeat. In fact this was Slot's first defeat in 30 games - a run stretching back to Feyenoord's 2-1 Champions League loss at Celtic on 13 December 2023. "Not to the process, but it is a big setback," said Slot of the Anfield reverse. "If you lose a home game it’s always a setback, especially if you face a team, we never know, maybe they will go all the way to fight for Champions League places but normally this team is not ending up in the top 10. "So if you lose a game against them it’s a big disappointment."