It was a mixed week in the Championship with Burnley for Ian Maatsen. Things started well as his perfect cross from the left set up Jay Rodriguez to score their equaliser in a 1-1 draw with Hull City, who had Nathan Baxter on the bench.

However, a hot-tempered derby with Blackpool on Saturday saw Burnley go three goals ahead, only for the visitors to pull it back to 3-3. Blackpool’s Sonny Carey was then shown a red card late on for a terrible tackle on Maatsen, but the Dutchman was also sent off for his reaction to the challenge.

In League One, Lucas Bergstrom made it four clean sheets in his last five games as Peterborough United recorded back-to-back wins. That started with a fairly straightforward 2-0 victory over 10-man Sheffield Wednesday last Tuesday, taking advantage of chaos in the Owls' ranks as players and coaching staff were at odds during the tactical reshuffle following the red card.

Things went even smoother when Peterborough hosted Lincoln City on Saturday, as they continued their flying start to the campaign with a 4-0 victory. Bergstrom was largely untroubled as the Posh underlined their early promotion credentials and went second in the table.

Fellow goalkeeper Jamie Cumming and defender Henry Lawrence were also playing consecutive home games in League One over the last week, with MK Dons. That saw the Dons pick up their first points of the season with a 2-1 win over Port Vale on Tuesday, although they needed Lawrence to clear off the line with his side leading 1-0. Cumming then produced an excellent save to hold on to the same lead against Accrington Stanley on Saturday, but a second half penalty meant they had to settle for a 1-1 draw on this occasion.

Sam McClelland’s first goal in the Football League gave Barrow victory and ended Walsall’s unbeaten start to the season. The defender headed his side two goals up after just 12 minutes and, despite Walsall pulling one back, they triumphed 2-1. McClelland then helped Barrow keep a clean sheet in a 1-0 home win over Harrogate, leaving them third in the League Two table.

Overseas, Romelu Lukaku helped Inter Milan make it two wins in as many games in 2022/23, in his first home game for the club since rejoining them on loan this summer. He headed the ball down in the box for Lautaro Martinez to open the scoring against Spezia and hit the crossbar himself with another header, as Inter ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at San Siro.

There was a difficult debut for Malang Sarr at Monaco on his return to France. The defender came off the bench shortly after his side had been reduced to 10 men while trailing by two goals with 15 minutes remaining against Lens. They conceded once more to make the final score 4-1.

Gabriel Slonina was on the receiving end of a 2-0 home defeat as Chicago Fire were well beaten by New York City in MLS, with the hosts unable to manage a shot on target during the 90 minutes.