Soccer-Talking points from European soccer

Serie A top scorers Lautaro Martinez and Olivier Giroud -- with five and four goals, respectively -- could not find the net but Inter broke records as others helped turn Derby della Madonnina into a goalfest. On Saturday they won a record fifth consecutive Milan derby.

Talking points from the weekend in European soccer leagues:

GERMANY Guirassy run

VfB Stuttgart forward Serhou Guirassy's hat-trick in their win over Mainz 05 put him at the top of the Bundesliga scorers' list with eight goals from four league games. The 27-year-old's goals have helped Stuttgart climbed to fourth place on nine points, one behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.

The Guinea international, who had a spell at Cologne between 2016-19 before returning to the French League, has now made the second best start in the history of the Bundesliga. Peter Meyer holds the record with nine goals from four games at the start of the 1967/68 season.

SPAIN Real not taking foot off the gas

Real Madrid came from behind to win at home for the second game in a row as they beat Real Sociedad 2-1 on Sunday to maintain their perfect run in LaLiga. The pressure on Carlo Ancelotti's side grew as they conceded an early goal against the Basque side, bearing in mind the need of a win after bitter rivals Barcelona provisionally took the top spot in the league with a 5-0 thrashing of Real Betis on Saturday.

But Real have demonstrated their trademark resilience time and again, and despite stellar signing Jude Bellingham's failure to score this weekend, goals from Federico Valverde and Joselu secured their fifth consecutive win. The momentum appears perfect as the Spanish giants will begin their quest for a record 15th Champions League title by hosting Union Berlin on Wednesday.

ITALY Inter break records in Milan derby

Inter Milan have continued their flying start to the season with a 5-1 trashing of city rivals AC Milan on Saturday, putting five past Milan for the first time in 49 years. Serie A top scorers Lautaro Martinez and Olivier Giroud -- with five and four goals, respectively -- could not find the net but Inter broke records as others helped turn Derby della Madonnina into a goalfest.

On Saturday they won a record fifth consecutive Milan derby. Inter's hopes of notching up a fourth successive clean-sheet in as many Serie A matches were, however, dashed after Rafael Leao scored Milan's only goal of the night in the 57th minute.

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