PREMIER LEAGUE

James Milner’s 84th-minute penalty earned Liverpool a gritty 2-1 victory at Swansea City on Saturday that saw Jurgen Klopp’s side climb to second place in the Premier League table.

Leroy Fer gave struggling Swansea an eighth-minute lead, but Roberto Firmino equalised early in the second half before Milner claimed the winner following a foul on Firmino by Angel Rangel.

Chelsea ended a three-game winless run with a 2-0 win at Hull City that provisionally lifted Antonio Conte’s men to sixth, while a memorable Dimitri Payet goal earned West Ham United a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough.

BUNDESLIGA

Leaders Bayern Munich dropped their first Bundesliga points of the season on Saturday as their 1-1 draw at home to Cologne denied Carlo Ancelotti a record-equalling sixth straight win.

Joshua Kimmich’s first-half header at Munich’s Allianz Arena was cancelled out by Anthony Modeste’s volley to break the Bavarian giants’ 100 percent record in the league this season.

It meant Ancelotti missed out on equalling the Bundesliga record of six straight wins for a coach in his debut season in Germany’s top flight.

Borussia Dortmund remain third despite crashing to a 2-0 defeat at fellow Champions League side Bayer Leverkusen, thanks to Admir Mehmedi’s header and Javi Hernandez’s second-half strike — Chicharito’s fifth goal in three games.

Borussia’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a late goal ruled offside, but this was a below-par display from Dortmund in the wake of Tuesday’s 2-2 draw at home to holders Real Madrid in the Champions League.

LIGUE 1

The oft-maligned Edinson Cavani was at his clinical best on Saturday with a first-half brace to help champions Paris Saint-Germain ease to a 2-0 victory over Bordeaux in Ligue 1.

Cavani struck twice in the first half-hour at the Parc des Princes as PSG built on their midweek Champions League win away to Ludogorets in Bulgaria and got back on track domestically.