Man City vs Man United standings

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Man United's Casemiro quandary, Barcelona leapfrog Real Madrid (ESPN)

Manchester City reign over United, Barcelona leapfrog Real Madrid, and Liverpool are looking out of sorts. It's ESPN's Weekend Review.

Combined with [Erling Haaland](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/253989/Erling-Haaland), [Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134947/Kevin-De-Bruyne) and [Jack Grealish](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/172850/Jack-Grealish), he helped tear United apart, particularly during a devastating first 45 minutes. [Conor Gallagher](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/266696/Conor-Gallagher) to score his first [Chelsea](/soccer/team/_/id/363/chelsea) goal. [Phil Foden](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/250787/Phil-Foden)'s was the best of the bunch. [Leroy Sane](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/202641/Leroy-Sané) and [Jamal Musiala](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/303821/Jamal-Musiala) scored under little duress inside the opening 20 minutes before [Sadio Mane](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/169797/Sadio-Mané) added a third before half-time to really snuff out any hope of a competitive game. They are currently third in the Ligue 1 table, only one point behind [Marseille](/soccer/team?id=176) in second and three behind [Paris Saint-Germain](/soccer/team?id=160) at the top. [VfB Stuttgart](/soccer/team?id=134) this season, especially after scraping their way to a 16th-place finish in the Bundesliga last year, followed by a modest transfer window. [Leicester City](/soccer/team?id=375) fan right now and they'd happily swap their situation at the bottom of the Premier League for the problems that Liverpool are experiencing -- but no team in the Premier League, and arguably in any major European league, is underperforming quite like the Reds this season. They have numerous problems, among them that [Romelu Lukaku](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/139437/Romelu-Lukaku) is still not back from injury and [Samir Handanovic](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/44323/Samir-Handanovic)'s goalkeeping ability has diminished as we saw on the first goal. [Atletico Madrid](/soccer/team?id=1068) academy product who shone on loan at Mirandes in the Segunda Division last season and is already excelling, having taken a step up with another loan at Girona this campaign. Meanwhile, [Liverpool](/soccer/team?id=364) and [Internazionale](/soccer/team?id=110) are all out of sorts. Mane, the former Liverpool forward, had a second disallowed due to a foul, but [Thomas Muller](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/123465/Thomas-Müller) would round out the easiest of games. [to seal a narrow 1-0 win](/soccer/spanish-laliga/story/4758702/lewandowski-shines-for-barcelona-again-in-win-over-mallorca) to leapfrog Madrid courtesy of their superior goal difference.

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