• Referee halts game for 30 minutes because of disturbances • Two people injured after celebrating fans cause gate to fall

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Montpellier’s 3-0 home win against their local rivals Nîmes was interrupted for more than 30 minutes after a crowd disturbance.

After striker Gaëtan Laborde’s header made it 3-0 in the 79th minute, a crowd commotion caused the referee to halt the game and lead the players off the field. Around 80 riot police came on to stop a section of Montpellier fans from getting across to confront Nîmes supporters.

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Several Montpellier players went over to their angry fans in a bid to calm them down. When the players came back out, Montpellier’s stadium announcer pleaded with home fans not to cause any more trouble or risk being stripped of the three points by the Ligue 1’s’s disciplinary committee.

Earlier, a metal gate gave way in the 29th minute after Montpellier fans celebrated the second goal, sending a few of them spilling on to the pitch and causing the match to be delayed for the first time. Reports said two fans sustained light injuries.

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The southern French sides are about one hour apart by car and have a hostile rivalry. Earlier this year, Nîmes fans took a longstanding stadium banner used by Montpellier’s “ultras” supporters at home games and appeared to goad them by unfurling it after the third Montpellier goal.

There was also some fan trouble in France on Saturday, when Guingamp fans sustained light injuries after projectiles were thrown at their coach following a game at Angers.

Saturday roundup

The substitute Munir El Haddadi saved Barcelona’s blushes with a late equaliser against Athletic Bilbao as the reigning champions narrowly avoided suffering a second successive La Liga defeat.

Óscar De Marcos’s 41st-minute effort at the Camp Nou looked set to consign the Catalan giants – who lost 2-1 to Léganes in midweek – to back-to-back league defeats for the first time in over two years.

However, Barça, after hitting the woodwork through Philippe Coutinho and Lionel Messi, salvaged a 1-1 draw thanks to Munir’s leveller seven minutes from time. He had been on the pitch only four minutes after replacing Ousmane Dembélé when he drew Barça level after diverting the ball home from inside the six-yard area.

Earlier, eight Sevilla fans were taken to hospital after a barrier collapsed at Eibar’s Ipurua stadium as away supporters celebrated a goal during a 3-1 win. Eibar issued a statement on Twitter, saying: “In the end, and pending confirmation from the emergency services, eight Sevilla supporters have been taken to Mendaro hospital. None of the injuries are serious.” The barrier collapsed as dozens of travelling supporters standing behind the goal spilled on to the pitch after Éver Banega converted a penalty in the 58th minute to put Sevilla 2-0 up.

In the day’s other La Liga game Valencia recorded a 1-0 away win over Real Sociedad, with Kevin Gameiro scoring the winner.

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In Italy, Roma clinched a 3-1 victory over their city rivals Lazio to ease the pressure after a shaky start to their Serie A campaign.

Aleksandar Kolarov and Federico Fazio struck to secure the win after Lazio striker Ciro Immobile had cancelled out Lorenzo Pellegrini’s opener.

Roma came into the derby against their bitter rivals sitting 10th in the table having taken just eight points from their opening six games. However, the victory extended their unbeaten home run to six matches and lifted last season’s beaten Champions League semi-finalists to fifth and within a point of Lazio.

Meanwhile, Mario Mandzukic scored twice for Juventus in a 3-1 win over Napoli at the Allianz Stadium. Leonardo Bonucci added the other goal for Juve, while Dries Mertens replied for 10-man Napoli, who had Mário Rui sent off in the second half. Cristiano Ronaldo set up all three goals for the Italian champions.

Internazionale claimed a comfortable 2-0 win over Cagliari, with Lautaro Martínez and Matteo Politano both finding the net.

In Germany, Borussia Dortmund staged a sensational second-half fightback from two goals down to win 4-2 at Bayer Leverkusen and move back into top spot in the Bundesliga. Leverkusen were seemingly in control after goals from Mitchell Weiser and Jonathan Tah before the break. But Dane Jacob Bruun Larsen began Dortmund’s recovery on 65 minutes before Marco Reus equalised four minutes later.

The scores remained level until the last five minutes when Paco Alcácer scored twice to give Dortmund a memorable victory.