The Spanish champions Real Madrid had to rely on two stunning strikes from a relentless Marco Asensio as they drew 2-2 at home with Valencia on Sunday while Sevilla grabbed a scarcely deserved first win of the campaign by beating Getafe 1-0.

Asensio, 21, delighted the Santiago Bernabeu with a long- range opening strike but Valencia scored two impressive team goals either side of the break through homegrown youngster Carlos Soler and the debutant Geoffrey Kondogbia. Marcelino’s side led with 13 minutes to go, forcing Asensio to rescue Real with a superb free-kick in the 83rd minute.

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Madrid missed the presence of their talisman Cristiano Ronaldo and captain Sergio Ramos through suspension but almost stole the three points in stoppage time when Karim Benzema’s shot was turned on to the post by Valencia goalkeeper Neto.

The Brazilian midfielder Ganso gave Sevilla a first league win under new coach Eduardo Berizzo with a stylish late flick against promoted Getafe, who missed several chances to score. Real have four points from their two games heading into the international break while Barcelona, Real Sociedad and Leganes won both their opening matches.

Athletic Bilbao earned a first win under coach Jose Angel Ziganda by beating fellow Basque side Eibar 1-0 away and Leganes won 1-0 at Espanyol.

In Italy, Suso spared AC Milan from the prospect of a frustrating home draw with Cagliari by whipping in a match-winning free-kick at San Siro. The ambitious Rossoneri led their Sardinian opponents in the 10th minute when teenager Patrick Cutrone grabbed his second goal in as many games, but Cagliari soon capitalised on a Franck Kessie mistake to level through Joao Pedro. In the 70th minute, the former Liverpool winger Suso steered a perfect set-piece beyond Alessio Cragno for a 2-1 victory.

Fellow Serie A title hopefuls Napoli won 3-1 for the second time this season as Piotr Zielinski’s thunderbolt launched a successful comeback against Atalanta. Bryan Cristante’s fourth-minute opener gave Napoli food for thought and it was not until the 56th minute that Zielinski conjured up a half-volleyed drive from distance that rippled the top of the net. Dries Mertens and Marko Rog then put the game beyond Atalanta with their first goals of the new campaign.

Andrea Belotti kept himself in the shop window ahead of Thursday’s transfer deadline by scoring an acrobatic opener in Torino’s 3-0 home victory over Sassuolo. The Italy striker, who scored 26 league goals for Il Toro last term, is a reported target of Chelsea and Monaco but his 100 million euro (92.3million) asking price is a sticking point for potential suitors. He reminded any scouts in attendance at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday of his ability with a scissor-kick that powered Lorenzo De Silvestri’s cross home for a 45th-minute opener and Torino wrapped up the three points with late goals from Adem Ljajic and Joel Obi.

Luca Rizzo wrote his name into SPAL’s history books by clinching the Ferrara club’s first top-flight victory in almost 50 years. The second-tier champions led Udinese through summer signing Marco Borriello and Manuel Lazzari - the latter being awarded a goal thanks to VAR - but the Zebrette bit back with Bram Nuytinck notching before Cyril Thereau slotted in a controversial late spot-kick.

In-form Radamel Falcao scored twice as champions Monaco extended their 100 per cent start to the season with an emphatic 6-1 victory over Ligue 1 rivals Marseille. The Colombia international striker powered home a penalty and then netted with a diving header to take his tally to seven goals in four league games and move Monaco onto 12 points alongside leaders Paris St Germain.

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Poland defender Kamil Glik had volleyed the hosts into an early lead at Stade Louis II, before Falcao’s double and Adama Diakhaby’s close-range finish made it 4-0 at the break. Djibril Sidibe added the fifth and, after Remy Cabella’s consolation, Fabinho completed the scoring with Monaco’s second penalty of the evening.

Monaco’s 18-year-old striker Kylian Mbappe, a target for rivals PSG, was named on the bench on Sunday but he was not needed as Leonardo Jardim’s side blew away their opponents with a blistering first-half performance.

Earlier in the day, second-half strikes from Mustapha Diallo and Jimmy Briand earned Guingamp a first win since the opening weekend of the season as they beat Strasbourg 2-0. Nicolas de Preville produced a stunning equaliser in Sunday’s other game as Lille hit back to draw 1-1 at unbeaten Angers following Lassana Coulibaly’s opener.