Euro round-up: Torres and Kane on hat-trick trail

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Atletico Madrid lost more ground in the LaLiga title race as Alex Berenguer condemned them to a 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao, while Lucas Boye’s penalty led Alaves to a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad. Harry Kane came off the bench to score a stunning hat-trick in the space of 23 minutes as Bayern Munich romped to a 5-0 Bundesliga win away to Stuttgart.

Bayer Leverkusen missed out on the chance to go up to third after a 2-0 defeat at Augsburg, Heidenheim claimed a second successive win after edging out Freiburg 2-1, while struggling St Pauli ended a run of nine straight league defeats with a 1-1 draw at Cologne. Sassuolo came from behind in a 3-1 victory over Fiorentina, who slipped to the bottom of the table after Hellas Verona claimed their first win of the season after beating Atalanta 3-1.

Paris St Germain got back to winning ways in Ligue 1 after losing to Monaco last week as Luis Enrique’s side battered 10-man Rennes 5-0 in their final home match of 2025. They remain one point league leaders Lens, who were grateful for Wesley Said’s late strike in a 2-1 victory at Nantes and Toulouse claimed a first win in seven matches by edging out Strasbourg 1-0.