This Week in Football: Premier League Chaos, Barcelona Flying and Big Stories From Around the World

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From huge Premier League results to Barcelona's latest attacking masterclass, another busy week of football has produced plenty to talk about across Europe and beyond.

Here's everything you need to know from the past week.

England: Manchester City win the derby as Leeds explode

The Premier League produced another weekend full of drama, with Manchester City winning the Manchester derby at Old Trafford despite being reduced to 10 men. The big story was the VAR error leading to Erling Haaland's winning goal.

Elsewhere, Leeds United produced one of the results of the weekend, hammering Newcastle United 4-1 to continue their impressive start to the campaign.

Arsenal also continued their strong beginning to the season with a 2-0 victory away to Sunderland, while Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw by Hull City at Stamford Bridge.

Coventry and Tottenham are still yet to register a goal.

Spain: Barcelona's attack keeps rolling

Barcelona were once again one of the biggest talking points in Spain, continuing their explosive attacking form.

The Catalan giants have been producing goals at an incredible rate, with their latest performances adding to an impressive start to the season.

Lamine Yamal has also continued to make history, with his latest scoring exploits putting him alongside Lionel Messi for an extraordinary Barcelona achievement involving multiple braces.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has continued his stunning form, scoring for a fifth straight game to start the season, matching Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 17-year record.

Germany: Freiburg top of the league

Freiburg are now the league leaders in Germany with a thumping 5-0 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach.

Hamburg suffered consecutive 5-0 defeats as they continue struggling. Leipzig dominated the game, just a week on from Mainz 5-0 win.

Italy: Inter make a statement

One of the biggest results in Serie A came as Inter Milan thrashed Udinese 5-3, coming from behind at 2-0, to win the game.

Sassuolo and Juventus played a stunning game with Sassuolo up 1-0 until the 82nd minute, before the game exploded with goals; Sassuolo winning 3-2 with a goal that has sparked debate about match-fixing in Italian football/poor standards in Serie A.

AS Roma continued their perfect start, beating Torino 2-0 on the road.

France: PSG finally get their first win

PSG have finally claimed their first 3 points of the season, beating Brest 1-0. PSG sit 7th in the table, with Lille now top following their 2-0 win over Troyes with Monaco dropping points.

Australian football

There is plenty happening in Australian football as clubs continue preparing for the new A-League Men season.

Macarthur FC have signed Socceroos striker Apostolos Stamatelopoulos continuing a major rebuild that has now seen the club bring in 12 players.

Sydney FC have also made headlines after signing Manchester United prospect James Over* on a three-year deal, with a buy-back clause included.

There's also been plenty of attention on the Australian Championship after Football Australia introduced its controversial new penalty shootout system, with drawn regular-season matches now going to penalties for a bonus point.

The rule has already generated significant criticism from supporters and commentators, making it one of the biggest talking points in Australian football this week.