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European football round-up: David de Gea on the double, magical Omar Marmoush, Barca bounce back

David de Gea was the hero for Fiorentina, saving two penalties as they claimed their second win of the Serie A season in a chaotic encounter with AC Milan.

The Spaniard went low to the left to save Theo Hernandez’s penalty in the first half before diving superbly to his right to prevent Tammy Abraham’s penalty in the second period.

De Gea, 33, has now saved two of the four penalties he has conceded since signing for the Italian club in August.

Yacine Adli and Albert Gudmundsson scored for the hosts, with Christian Pulisic sandwiched in between, in a match that also saw Milan stopper Mike Maignan save Moise Kean’s penalty, Fiorentina boss Raffaele Palladino was sent off in the closing stages and was shown a red card awarded to Milan defender Hernandez after the final whistle.

Scott McTominay scored after 25 seconds as Napoli defeated Como 3-1 to continue their good early season form and stay at the top of the Italian top flight.

Romelu Lukaku also scored for Antonio Conte’s side, two points ahead of second-placed Inter Milan, who defeated Torino 3-2 thanks to a hat-trick from their French international Marcus Thuram.

Juventus conceded their first goal of the campaign as they were held to a surprise 1-1 draw at home to Cagliari on Sunday.

Razvan Marin scored an equalizer from the penalty spot late in the 88th minute after Dusan Vlahovic’s penalty in the first half had given the hosts the lead.

But Thiago Motta’s team, which was without Nicolas Gonzalez, Arkadiusz Milik, Timothy Weah and Gleison Bremer, had to pay for a loss of intensity.

“We took our foot off the pedal after our goal and that is not possible. We have to keep attacking and attack well. What happened is all our own fault,” said Motta.

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