Sonny Anderson, Barcelona's Brazilian striker who started the midweek comeback at Manchester United, struck a late goal to salvage Catalan pride and earn the Spanish champions a 2-2 draw at Real Madrid.

Patrick Kluivert, the Dutch target for United in the summer, had scored for Barcelona in the 12th minute to cancel out the first of two goals from Real's Raul, who struck after four and 25 minutes.

In France the champions, Lens, crashed to a 3-1 defeat at Lyon, Blackburn's UEFA Cup conquerors, and are drifting in mid-table with only seven points after six games.

Lens, who forced a last-gasp 1-1 draw with Arsenal in the Champions League in midweek, were two down by half-time in Lyon, through the Swiss striker Marco Grassi and his attacking partner Alain Caveglia. Wagneau Eloi gave the visitors hope by pulling one back with 15 minutes left but Lyon struck a third through their Cameroon World Cup player Joseph-Desire Job.

In Italy a resurgent Milan lead Serie A after their second successive win, 2-1 at newly promoted Salernitana. The £10 million German striker Oliver Bierhoff scored his third goal of the season with a 67th-minute header and then helped Leonardo to the second six minutes from time. Roberto Breda replied for the southern hosts in the 88th minute.

Fiorentina are second after Argentina forward Gabriel Batistuta scored one goal and created another in Fiorentina's 2-1 win at Vicenza. In third place are the reigning champions, Juventus, for whom Filippo Inzhagi followed his spectacular midweek Champions League goal with an eighth-minute effort that gave his team a 1-0 home win over Cagliari.

Bayern Munich remain on top of the Bundesliga after overcoming Hamburg 5-3 in a thrilling game at the Olympic Stadium. Stefan Effenberg scored twice for Bayern, the second a penalty, while the former Leeds striker Tony Yeboah hit the first of Hamburg's goals.