Four shocking results in Europe’s top leagues last weekend
Europe’s top five leagues served football fans another interesting weekend with some stunning results especially in the Premier League.
Aston Villa earned a shock 2-1 win over Man City, Tottenham stunned Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, while Bournemouth spanked Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford.
Here are four of the most shocking results that caught the attention of football fans last weekend.
Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City
Unai Emery’s men delivered an impressive performance to end Manchester City’s unbeaten start to the 2026-27 Premier League season.
Nicolas Jackson scored a brace to haunt his former coach, Enzo Maresca and also earned Aston Villa their third win of the season.
He became the first Villa player to score a Premier League brace against the league leaders since Andreas Weimann versus Manchester United in November 2012. Jackson has seven goals in all competitions this season, with Haaland (13) the only Premier League player to outscore him.
Aston Villa recorded their third consecutive Premier League victory over Manchester City, becoming the first team to achieve that feat since Liverpool managed four successive league wins against City in December 2016.
It was their first win of the season at the Villa Park.
Three of Manchester City’s last five Premier League defeats have come against Aston Villa, while they’ve lost four successive away league games to a side for the first time since February 2023 against Tottenham Hotspur.
It was a painful defeat for Man City which ended their perfect run in the Premier League.
They still maintain the top position on the log, but the defeat allowed Arsenal to equal their points tally, the Gunners are only behind through goal difference.
Man City will return to Premier League action against Brighton at the Etihad on Saturday, while Aston Villa will face Fulham.
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Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham
Tottenham secured their only their second victory at Stamford Bridge following a stunning performance in West London to beat Xabi Alonso’s men.
Tottenham had won only one of their previous 34 Premier League away games against Chelsea before this victory.
The Blues missed the services of their talisman João Pedro and they struggled for firepower as Tottenham ended their winless run at the Bridge.
It was a relieved victory for Tottenham following a disappointing start to the season, they have now won their last two Premier League matches against Coventry City and Chelsea.
De Zerbi will be hoping the team can build on that confidence-boosting win to go on a run starting from their clash against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Chelsea managed just seven attempts, their lowest total in a Premier League match during the season and their fewest at home in the competition since January.
The Blues will return to action against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
The victory moved Tottenham out of the relegation zone to 14th on the log with nine points, while Chelsea occupy the fifth position with 13 points from five matches.
Manchester United 0-3 Bournemouth
The Cherries ramped up the pressure on Michael Carrick with a sensational performance to brush aside Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Bournemouth have now gone 3-0 ahead against Manchester United at Old Trafford on three occasions, following similar scorelines in December 2023 and December 2024.
Only Liverpool and Manchester City had matched that number in the competition at the time of this match.
The 3-0 loss matched the margin of their previous home Premier League defeat by Bournemouth in December 2024, marking another damaging result against the same opponent, Which is their heaviest home defeat since that time.
The Red Devils are winless in their last eight matches in all competitions, winning just two of their last 12 matches.
Bournemouth on the other hand, have won their second consecutive Premier League match of the season.
It marked a stunning week for The Cherries after they recorded a 3-0 win over AC Milan in the Europa League on Thursday.
The defeat piled pressure on under-fire Manchester United manager, Michael Carrick, who is on the brink of losing his job following the disastrous start to the season.
Bournemouth will be hoping to build on the victory when they take on Leeds United and Manchester United travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea.
The win moved Bournemouth up to 13th on the log with nine points from 13 matches, while Manchester United have seven points from eight matches to occupy the 16th position.
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Hoffenheim 3-0 Bayer Leverkusen
The most shocking result in Germany was Hoffenheim’s incredible 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen.
The hosts scored all the three goals in the final 11 minutes of the encounter.
The victory ended Leverkusen’s five-game unbeaten run and gave Hoffenheim their first Bundesliga clean sheet of the 2026/27 season.
Leverkusen enjoyed more possession, with 58%, and completed 432 passes compared with Hoffenheim’s 279.
However, Hoffenheim were considerably more threatening in front of goal, registering 20 shots to Leverkusen’s nine and six shots on target to the visitors’ one.
Kramarić’s 79th-minute penalty was a historic milestone, becoming Hoffenheim’s 1,000th goal in Bundesliga history.
The win catapulted Hoffenheim to the 10th position with nine points from seven matches, while Bayer Leverkusen dropped to the fourth position with 13 points from same number of matches.
Hoffenheim will face Werder Bremen in their next Bundesliga match on Saturday, while Bayer Leverkusen will take on Stuttgart.
