Part 1: NFL and European soccer

49ers are 6-0.

They held off Washington 23-17 on Monday night after leading 20-3 at halftime; Christian McCaffrey scored twice. It was the franchise's 56th Monday Night Football win, the most in NFL history (49ers).

Other Sunday results that moved the standings:

• Packers 23, Cowboys 13 (Dallas has now lost two straight) (ESPN TNF results).
• Bills 33, Raiders 30.
• Chiefs 22, Chargers 6. The Chargers fell to 0-6.
• Browns 13, Ravens 10. Cleveland now leads the AFC North alone.
• Texans 34, Jaguars 31 at Wembley Stadium in London on Sun Oct 18, on Ka'imi Fairbairn's 49-yard field goal as time expired (Texans; AP). Other results: NFL.com.

The Eagles are in crisis.

Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season with blood clots in both lungs. The NFLPA wants a probe of how the team handled it, and the NFL defends the club (AP; AP). Sunday's 25-14 loss to Carolina was the first four-game losing streak of the Sirianni era (NFL.com).

Davante Adams is on IR.

The Rams placed him on injured reserve Tuesday with a ruptured hamstring tendon (6-10 weeks). They also put NT Poona Ford on IR (season-ending triceps) and signed K Brandon McManus after Blake Grupe's ACL tear (Rams).

The Colts fired GM Chris Ballard on Monday, a day after a 26-20 home loss to the previously winless Titans. Assistant GM Ed Dodds runs personnel for the rest of the season, and HC Shane Steichen now reports to ownership (Colts; NBC Sports).

Coaching hot seat (opinion):

CBS Sports' Week 6 rankings put Todd Bowles, Washington's Dan Quinn and the 0-6 Chargers' Jim Harbaugh under mounting pressure (CBS Sports). NFL Network's Ian Rapoport says Quinn "bought more time" with his team's play in San Francisco, "but some wins do have to come" (X).

Trade deadline: Nov 10, 4:00 PM.

• Done so far: Marvin Harrison Jr. to Houston, Cam Jurgens to Baltimore, J.J. McCarthy to the Giants, and Joey Porter Jr. to Dallas (ESPN tracker).
• The Inquirer asks whether Philadelphia will have a "fire sale" (Philadelphia Inquirer).

Thursday Night Football:

Patriots (4-2) at Bears (4-2), Thu Oct 22, 8:15 PM, on Prime Video. Chicago is a 3-point favorite. Drake Maye has thrown 3+ TDs in three straight games (NFL.com schedule; ESPN; NFL.com).

Champions League, Tuesday:

• Liverpool came back from 0-2 to beat Villarreal 4-3 and are level with PSG at the top on nine points.
• Phil Foden scored a hat-trick in Man City's 5-1 win over AEK (UEFA).

PSG's win was costly.

The club confirmed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia tore his ACL and needs surgery. Dembélé and Marquinhos have thigh injuries and will be in treatment for the coming weeks (PSG; BBC Sport).

Champions League today (besides Arsenal):

• Como vs. Manchester United and Lille vs. Galatasaray at 12:45 PM.
• At 3:00 PM: Real Madrid vs. Leipzig, Inter vs. Shakhtar, Aston Villa vs. Viking, Club Brugge vs. Lens, Real Betis vs. Feyenoord and Sporting vs. LASK (UEFA).

Premier League:

City beat Ipswich 3-2 (Haaland 2) on Saturday, keeping their 100% start under new manager Enzo Maresca (RTÉ). After Arsenal's win on Sunday, City are three points clear (BBC Sport).

The City financial case hangs over the title race.

On Sept 29 an independent commission found City guilty of all charges of breaking the league's financial rules from 2009/10 to 2017/18, and of three of the four charges of failing to co-operate with the investigation. No sanction has been set; the same commission will decide it at a further hearing. City lodged an appeal on Oct 1 (Premier League; Premier League; Sky Sports).

La Liga:

Real Madrid beat Sevilla 4-1 on Sunday. Mbappé scored twice, without the suspended Vinícius (Real Madrid; ESPN).

Serie A:

Lazio won 3-0 at Juventus to draw level with leaders Inter on 19 points (Inter lead on goal difference). It's Lazio's best seven-game start ever. Juve are eighth, and Spalletti said "it's hard to understand." Milan beat Atalanta 3-2 to sit fourth (AFP via France 24).

Bundesliga:

Bayern and Dortmund are level on 14 points after six games, Bayern ahead on goal difference. Freiburg and Leverkusen have 13, and Gladbach have lost all six (Bundesliga.com table).

Transfer gossip (tier C, rumors):

BBC Sport's gossip column says Man United are targeting Newcastle's Lewis Hall and Bournemouth's Adrien Truffert, and that Newcastle are watching soon-to-be-free Milan defender Fikayo Tomori (BBC Sport gossip).