Arsenal move into first but aren’t celebrating: The grind only gets worse now

Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister hopes winning the Premier League title this season is “just the beginning of something great.”

Two months into the European soccer season, let’s check in on Man United, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Barcelona to see whether they’ve lived up to preseason expectations.

It once looked like the ship to Barcelona had sailed for Iñigo Martínez. Now he’s Barça’s defensive leader, vital to their hopes of winning the treble.