Ousmane Dembele struck twice as Paris Saint-Germain blew away bitter rivals Marseille on Sunday, reclaiming top spot in Ligue 1 with a crushing 5-0 victory at the Parc des Princes. Dembele opened the scoring after just 12 minutes and added a second before half-time as PSG delivered a real statement of intent going into the crucial months of the season. Facundo Medina's own goal made it 3-0 just past the hour before substitutes Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Lee Kang-in got in on the act as PSG avenged their 1-0 defeat at the Velodrome earlier this campaign. Luis Enrique's side have now won seven straight league matches, though they remain under pressure from surprise challengers Lens, who briefly moved top on Saturday and sit just two points behind.
Hoffenheim coach Christian Ilzer was pretty clear abut how he felt regarding the penalty and red card given to Kevin Akpoguma in the 17th minute of his team's 5-1 loss to Bayern Munich. "A clear wrong decision. There's no need to discuss it, everyone saw it. There was absolutely no foul. 75,000 people in the stadium were looking forward to a top match here. I feel a bit sorry for them that it turned into this game with one player less," Ilzer said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia).
What Harry Kane has produced here in the past year or two is absolutely top-class. And what I like best about him is that in the beginning, he was a goal scorer who played in his box, who waited for the ball to arrive. But today he's long since become a playmaker, he's a finisher, and above all, he's a player with a personality who inspires others on the pitch, who sets the tone, and that's exactly what we were looking for,
Bayern Munich's recent 2-2 draw with Hamburger SV was a frustrating one for Die Rekordmeister, but among that frustration there was admiration, too, for the opponent's impressive 18-year-old center back. Luka Vuškovic has been one of the most impressive players in the Bundesliga this season and proved it again on Saturday, scoring the goal to give Hamburg a point from the match.
Now, the tables have turned. Hoffenheim might be the hottest team in the Bundesliga, while Bayern Munich is winless in its last two Bundesliga matches. After a grinding 2024/25 campaign that saw one underachieving performance after another, Hoffenheim has flipped the script for 2025/26. This is a really good team -- and also one that sits in third place entering the weekend, just nine points behind first place Bayern Munich.
