We're heading into the final international break of 2025, in which several more nations will punch their tickets to the 2026 World Cup, but before we get there, Europe's top leagues gave us plenty to talk about. In the big game of the weekend, Manchester City deepened Liverpool's seasonlong malaise with a comprehensive 3-0 win at the Etihad that showed the best of Jérémy Doku and capped Pep Guardiola's 1000th game in glorious fashion.
In LaLiga, Robert Lewandowski returned to the pitch after injury and led Barcelona to a 4-2 win at Celta Vigo that closed the gap on Real Madrid (who drew this weekend) in the title race.