Cristiano Ronaldo’s worst ever La Liga start — officially — Ajax startlet Justin Kluivert hits another worldie and another Premier League flop shines among our European football weekend talking points

THIS was one of the most exciting weekends of European football in recent memory.

Friday night saw O Classico in Portugal as Porto and Benfica went head-to-head while the league leaders met the title holders in Serie A.

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Napoli were beaten 1-0 by Juventus to lose their ‘invincibility’ as once a day for the remainder of the weekends unbeaten records fell with both Paris Saint-Germain and Valencia losing.

Bayern Munich got back to winning ways, but a 1-1 draw for Borussia Dortmund made it just one win — against third tier FC Magdeburg — in 11 across all competition.

An, on Sunday afternoon, Benevento goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli gave us an astonishing finale as his last-gasp header to hand the bottom side their first-ever point in Italy’s top flight with a 2-2 draw against AC Milan.

It truly has been a memorable weekend across the continent — and here are seven things you might have missed.

What’s gone Ron?

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Another blank for the Ballon d’Or-elect as Real Madrid failed to take advantage of Barcelona‘s show draw.

Cristiano Ronaldo now has just two goals after 14 games — his worst by far since joining in 2009. Last season, he was the La Liga top scorer with 12 goals at this stage, including two hat-tricks.

Ironically, he is the leading marksman in the Champions League with eight in five games.

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The biggest clash in Portugal finished 0-0 — but not goalless. Porto came into the clash three points ahead of Benfica and looking to win their first Primeira Liga title since 2013.

And should have taken the lead when Vincent Aboubakar was flagged offside despite Andre Almeida playing him as he put in the rebound from Hector Herrera’s effort.

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The fact the referee blew his whistle eliminated the possibility of going to the VAR, which would have given the correct decision.

Nine minutes to win it

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With the great PSG searching for an equaliser, there was always going to be a fair bit of time added on.

But no one foresaw ref Ruddy Buquet adding NINE minutes on.

After the match, he explained: “Five minutes were for the Strasbourg goalkeeper’s injury and two each for the injuries to [Martin] Terrier and [Kylian] Mbappe.”

Touching tribute

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One year on from the Chapecoense air tragedy — and the world of football certainly remembered.

Torino, who themselves were victims of a terrible aeroplane crash back 1949, decided to pay their respects.

For their clash with Atalanta, they changed their usually burgundy for green in honour of the Chapecoense colours.

Klui-ming the ladder

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Four superb goals in seven days, this boy is going places.

Last week, Justin Kluivert achieved something his famous father never could: a top flight hat-trick in Holland.

Not content with that, he hit another sublime effort in Ajax’s 3-3 draw at FC Twente.

Flops top

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Serie A has proven a haven for former Premier League strugglers in recent years.

Suso, Vlad Chiriches and Federico Fazio are among those enjoying their time in Italy much, much more than they did in England.

As is ex-Manchester City striker Felipe Caiceido, who last night hit a stoppage winner for Lazio to end Sampdoria’s 100 per cent home record.

And finally…

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Ex-Arsenal starlet Serge Gnabry goes from strength-to-strength in Germany.

Having impressed at Werder Bremen, he earned a move to Bayern — and is currently on loan at Hoffenheim.

But his parent club will certainly have taken notice of his sensational goal from just past the halfway line during the 4-0 hammering of RB Leipzig.