Kylian Mbappe's second-half penalty saved Real Madrid a point but Xabi Alonso's side missed the chance to top La Liga with a 1-1 draw at Girona. Mbappe stayed calm to steer in his 14th league goal of the season midway through the second half and cancel out Azzedine Ouunahi's opener for the home side. Real have now drawn three league games in a row to sit a point behind rivals Barcelona in a congested table.
Ten games in, and it's just as we all suspected. Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool were the clear top three heading into the Premier League season, and Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool are the current top three. In other words, you could've taken a two-month nap the night before the Liverpool vs. Bournemouth season-opener and you wouldn't have really missed anyth-- OK, fine. Beyond the top three in the table, pretty much nothing has gone to plan.
Boston entered Thursday with their magic number to secure a postseason bid down to one - meaning that all the Red Sox needed was a win over the Blue Jays or an Astros loss to the Athletics to punch their ticket to the playoffs for the first time since 2021. But fortune didn't fall on Boston's side Thursday, as the Red Sox fell to the Blue Jays, 6-1, at Rogers Centre - while Houston kept their playoff hopes alive by beating Oakland, 11-5.