Raphinha fires Barcelona to 7th straight La Liga win
RAPHINHA continued his red-hot form with a hat trick in a 3-1 win at Sevilla as defending champion Barcelona recorded a seventh straight victory in La Liga on Saturday. Lamine Yamal set up two of the irrepressible Brazilian’s goals to make it a La Liga-high 12 so far — one less than Raphinha scored all last season. Earlier, Lautaro Martinez rescued Inter Milan with two second-half goals as the defending Serie A champion drew 2-2 at Roma in their table-topping clash. Arsenal lost the top spot in the Premier League after a first defeat and Borussia Dortmund went first in Germany with a fourth straight victory. This time it wasn’t Donyell Malen scoring for Roma but midfielder Manu Koné with two first-half goals as Roma stayed top on goal difference. Martinez netted twice in the second half as both sides remained undefeated. Maximilian Beier’s effort gave Dortmund a 1-0 win at Stuttgart and a two-point lead over defending champion Bayern Munich. Thrilling draw in Italy Koné put Roma ahead in the sixth minute after being set up by Nahuel Molina, who nodded back a back-post cross from Paulo Dybala for Koné to run onto. He scored again from close range in the 37th after being set up by…