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Chelsea, Juventus, Bayern continue impressive starts
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-09-12 08:56

LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Champions Chelsea, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Olympique Lyon all continued their impressive starts to the defence of their respective league titles at the weekend.

Juventu's David Trezeguet celebrates after scoring against Empoli during their Italian Serie A soccer match at the Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli September 11, 2005. Juventus won 4-0.
Juventu's David Trezeguet celebrates after scoring against Empoli during their Italian Serie A soccer match at the Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli September 11, 2005. Juventus won 4-0. [Reuters]
Chelsea top the Premier league after maintaining their 100 percent record with a fifth straight win, 2-0 against Sunderland, and have yet to concede a goal.

Juventus thrashed Empoli 4-0 away to top the Serie A standings, while Lyon beat Monaco 2-1 to set the early pace in France's Ligue 1.

Bayern Munich beat Nuremburg 2-1 to equal their own record of 13 consecutive Bundesliga wins and make it four wins out of four this season.

In Spain, champions Barcelona recorded their first win of the season with a 2-0 home defeat of Real Mallorca.

Following is a brief round-up of the main European leagues.
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