European football: Kylian Mbappé lifts 10-man Real Madrid past Real Sociedad

Kylian Mbappé scored and provided the assist for Arda Guler as Real Madrid weathered a second-half storm to beat Real Sociedad 2-1, maintaining their perfect La Liga start despite playing most of the match with 10 men.

The visitors got off to a flying start with Mbappé opening the scoring from a quick counter in the 12th minute, but their task became significantly harder when the defender Dean Huijsen was shown a straight red card after the half-hour mark for hauling down last man Mikel Oyarzabal.

Despite their numerical disadvantage, Real Madrid doubled their lead just before half-time when Guler scored from close range following a great run by Mbappé who brilliantly put the ball on a plate for the Turkish midfielder inside a crowded box.

Real Sociedad pulled one back through Oyarzabal from the penalty spot in the 56th minute after a handball by Dani Carvajal, but the visitors held on for a hard-fought victory that keeps them top of La Liga with 12 points from four matches, now three ahead of Athletic Bilbao, who have a game in hand and host Alavés later on Saturday. The defeat leaves winless Real Sociedad in 17th place with two points, just one spot above the relegation zone.

Borussia Dortmund cruised to a 2-0 win away to a Heidenheim side who played most of the game with 10 men.

Heidenheim, whose coach Frank Schmidt will celebrate 18 years on their bench next week, were looking to end a losing start in the Bundesliga but it quickly turned sour with Leart Paqarada taken off with a knee injury after just seven minutes. To make matters worse they were left with 10 men in the 21st minute when Budu Zivzivadze was dismissed with a straight red card for a late tackle on Felix Nmecha.

It was only a matter of time until Dortmund scored and Serhou Guirassy put them in the lead, heading in at the far post in the 33rd to score in his eighth consecutive league game. Dortmund made sure they went into the break with a two-goal cushion after Maximilian Beier tapped in a Karim Adeyemi cutback in first-half stoppage time.

Unbeaten Dortmund moved up to seven points and top of the table for at least a couple of hours, until Bayern Munich hosted Hamburg.

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