Associated Press Sports
updated 4:15 p.m. ET Sept. 16, 2012
MILAN (AP) - Serie A champion Juventus came from behind to beat Genoa 3-1 on Sunday and extend its perfect record before its return to the Champions League.
Ciro Immobile gave Genoa the lead against the club that still owns half his contract, and the home team had several chances to double its advantage as Juventus seemed headed for its first league defeat since May 2011.
But Mirko Vucinic and Kwadwo Asamoah came on in the second half to completely change the game. Emanuele Giaccherini tied the score before Vucinic gave Juventus the lead from the penalty spot.
Napoli beat Parma 3-1, Lazio defeated Chievo Verona 3-1 and Sampdoria edged Pescara 3-2, as all three teams maintained their perfect records after three matches.
Roma gave up a two-goal advantage to lose 3-2 to Bologna, which picked up its first points of the season.
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READING, England (AP) - Jermain Defoe had two goals in Tottenham's 3-1 win over Reading on Sunday. There was relief for manager Andre Villas-Boas, who earned his first Premier League victory with the club.
The England striker was again used over Emmanuel Adebayor and justified the faith shown in him by Villas-Boas by opening the scoring in the 18th minute and completing a convincing win with a fine solo effort in the 74th.
Left winger Gareth Bale scored Spurs' other goal in the 71st after good work by Kyle Walker down the right side.
"Jermain is showing his abilities; the amount of shots he has on target is amazing," Villas-Boas said. "As the lone striker up front, he is linking well with the colleagues."
The only negative for Spurs was the injury-time goal conceded to Hal Robson-Kanu, ruining the clean sheet of veteran Brad Friedel after the American goalkeeper again started ahead of new signing Hugo Lloris.
Clint Dempsey came on as a late substitute for the United States forward's first appearance since joining the team from Fulham on deadline day.
"It was a well-deserved win," Villas-Boas said. "Everyone performed to their top level and it is a win that will lift us up for the season."
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Fernando Llorente played for Athletic Bilbao for the first time this season and added a goal to Aritz Aduriz's two to help secure a 3-3 draw at 10-man Espanyol in the Spanish league on Sunday.
Samuele Longo, on loan from Inter Milan, put Espanyol up 3-2 in the 80th minute, only to be sent off for two yellow cards for taking off his shirt and delaying the restart.
Bilbao quickly made good on its numerical advantage when Aduriz whipped home a vicious volley three minutes later to split the points.
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BERLIN (AP) - Rafael van der Vaart was unable to inspire Hamburger SV in his return as Eintracht Frankfurt beat his team 3-2 to move into a tie atop the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Van der Vaart did manage to set up Son Heung-min's consolation goal for Hamburg, which played the second half with 10 men after Petr Jiracek was shown a red card for a lunge at Brazilian defender Anderson in first-half injury time.
Hamburg coach Thorsten Fink was sent to the stands for protesting after Jiracek's dismissal and watched as Stefan Aigner lifted the ball over Adler in the 52nd minute.
Promoted Frankfurt and Bayern Munich are the only teams to win their opening three games.
Former Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese endured another miserable afternoon earlier Sunday when Freiburg came from behind to beat his Hoffenheim squad 5-3.
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PARIS (AP) - Lyon kept the pressure on Marseille at the top of the French league after beating Ajaccio 2-0 on Sunday, thanks to goals from center half Dejan Lovren and striker Lisandro Lopez.
Lyon, which has 13 points, took the lead in the 25th minute when Lovren rose above goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and headed home Clement Grenier's corner kick.
In the 74th, Lopez ran onto veteran midfielder Steed Malbranque's pass and hit a low shot that gave Ochoa no chance.
Earlier, Lorient held on with nine players to win 2-1 at Rennes.
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AMSTERDAM (AP) - Nine-man FC Utrecht pulled off a 1-0 win over PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Eredivisie on Sunday.
In Alkmaar, U.S. striker Jozy Altidore had a hat trick and added an assist to take his season's goal tally to a league-leading seven in five matches as AZ beat Roda JC 4-0.
"It was a special day for me, but must importantly the team played very well," Altidore said.
Altidore has sometimes struggled since arriving at AZ last year, but he has looked unstoppable this season.
"It has been a struggle to get him going," coach Gertjan Verbeek said, "but I'm not surprised that he's doing so well now."
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