Tottenham and Chelsea remained neck-and-neck at the top of the Premier League after winning away from home Sunday, Spurs coming from behind to beat West Ham 2-1 and the Blues beating Fulham 2-0.
Although Carlton Cole volleyed West Ham ahead from 25 yards after 49 minutes at Upton Park, Jermain Defoe equalized five minutes later against his former club and Aaron Lennon fired the winner in the 79th.
It was the first time since Spurs last won the league title in 1961 that its won its first three games of the campaign.
Chelsea also has a maximum nine points from three games, but trails Tottenham on goal difference. Nicolas Anelka set up co-striker Didier Drogba for the first score after 39 minutes at Craven Cottage and added the second in the 76th.
Promoted last season in the playoffs, Burnley moved up to seventh and alongside Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Sunderland on six points after beating Everton 1-0 thanks to a 34th minute strike by Wade Elliott. The victory came after the Clarets beat defending champion Man United 1-0.
For Everton, the loss means it slips to last place having been outplayed 6-1 at home by Arsenal on the opening day of the season.
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MILAN - Champion Inter Milan was held to a 1-1 draw at home by newly promoted Bari in its first match of the new season on Sunday.
Inters main rivals both won, with Juventus beginning its season with a 1-0 win at home to Chievo Verona thanks to a Vincenzo Iaquinta header, whilst AC Milan won away to Siena on Saturday.
Samuel Etoo opened the scoring for Inter with his first goal for his new side when he slotted home a penalty on 56 minutes, before Vitali Kutuzov equalized with 15 minutes to go.
Jose Mourinhos team was lackluster and struggled to break down an ultra-defensive Bari side.
Mario Balotelli came on midway through the first half to join Etoo and Diego Milito in attack, whilst winger Ricardo Quaresma was brought on at halftime to provide further attacking options.
Despite the changes Inter was unable to create any clear chances.
We knew that the first game is always tough, especially against a newly promoted team, Inter midfielder Thiago Motta said. We knew they would cause us problems and put us under pressure.
In the second half we started well and had a number of chances to score. We messed them up and we missed some good chances.
Genoa beat AS Roma 3-2 in a thrilling match, and in other matches Sunday, it was: Sampdoria 2, Catania 1; Lazio 1, Atalanta 0; Livorno 0, Cagliari 0; Palermo 2, Napoli 1 and Udinese 2, Parma 2.
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BERLIN - Hamburger SV ended Wolfsburgs run of 16 straight wins at home and beat the defending champion 4-2 to go into a three-team tie at the top of the Bundesliga.
After falling behind on goals by Paolo Guerrero and Eljero Elia, Wolfsburg battled back with two inside four minutes by Zvjezdan Misimovic and Obafemi Martins. Hamburg struck again with Mladen Petric and Romeo Castelen, and joined Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke at seven points and the lead in the Bundesliga.
In other games Sunday, Werder Bremen beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-0, and Bochum earned its first victory of the season by beating Hertha Berlin 1-0.
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PARIS - Yoann Gourcuff scored twice as defending champion Bordeaux extended its record winning streak in the French league to 14 games by hammering Nice 4-0.
While Gourcuff took his tally to four in three games, Brazilian winger Jussie and midfielder Alou Diarra got the other goals to maintain a perfect start this season and move to the top with nine points. Bordeaux won the last 11 games of last season to clinch the title on the final day.
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GLASGOW, Scotland - Kevin Boyd fired a 90th minute winner from the penalty spot in Rangers 2-1 victory at Hearts in the Scottish Premier League.
Steven Naismith was tripped in the area by Ismael Bouzid and Boyd, who had only been on the field for two minutes for 10-man Rangers, scored from the spot. Rangers Kevin Thomson was sent off after only 14 minutes in his first start since a 9-month injury layoff.
David Witteveen then gave Hearts a 31st minute lead but Lee McCulloch equalized in the 63rd minute. Rangers victory put them level on points with Celtic, which beat St. Johnstone 5-2 on Saturday, and Hibernian, a 3-1 winner at Falkirk.
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AMSTERDAM - Jonathan de Guzman scored twice as Feyenoord beat Roda JC 4-0 to join FC Twente at the top of the Dutch league.
Sekou Cisse and Jon Dahl Tomasson also scored for the Rotterdam side which is shares the lead with Twente with 10 points each. Defending champion AZ Alkmaar has nine, PSV Eindhoven eight and Ajax seven.
