The weekend's football action continued to create headlines with Premier League table-toppers Arsenal dropping points against Brentford while Manchester City and Manchester United secured impressive victories against Aston Villa and Leeds United respectively. In LaLiga, Barcelona extended their lead at the top with a win over Villarreal. Meanwhile, Real Madrid, who were in action at the Club World Cup, won the tournament with a 5-3 goal-fest in the final against Al-Hilal.
In Serie A, Napoli didn't face much trouble as they won their match against Cremonese. Over in Germany, Bayern Munich, Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund won their respective matches, occupying the top three places in the Bundesliga table. In Ligue 1, Lionel Messi-less PSG lost their match against Monaco while second-placed Marseille secured yet another away win.
By The Numbers has the best stats from the weekend action:
PREMIER LEAGUE
2
This is just the second time Arsenal have dropped points in the Premier League this season when leading at any point. The other instance was on October 23 against Southampton.
46
Manchester City have won 15 of their last 17 games, collecting 46 points from 51 available in the Premier League when both Ruben Dias and Aymeric Laporte started for the team.
184
Pep Guardiola has won 184 of the 250 matches in the Premier League. This is the most by any manager in the league.
13
Marcus Rashford has scored 13 goals in 15 matches in all competitions after the World Cup.
Smile if you've scored 13 goals in 15 matches since the World Cup 😄 pic.twitter.com/q60JC4SBxU
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 12, 2023
400
David de Gea played his 400th career Premier League game for Manchester United on Sunday, tying Gary Neville for third most all-time for the club. Only Ryan Giggs (632) and Paul Scholes (499) have more Premier League appearances for Manchester United.
4
Alejandro Garnacho has been directly involved in four goals as a substitute in this Premier League season -- 2 goals and 2 assists, which is the most by any player.
10
Newcastle United's Miguel Almiron has scored 10 goals in 22 Premier League matches this season, one more than he scored in 110 appearances in his first four seasons.
LALIGA
8
Barcelona have won their last eight matches in all competitions, keeping clean sheets in six matches. The last time they won eight on the bounce was between August and October 2017, when they eventually managed nine straight wins.
16
Barcelona's 16 clean sheets are the most in Europe's top 5 leagues. Juventus are second in the list with 14.
Xavi's 11 wins in a row in all competitions equals Pep Guardiola's best winning streak as Barça's manager 😮
He can set the record against Manchester United on Thursday 👀 pic.twitter.com/SyxKNtNZ40
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 12, 2023
10
Barcelona's Pedri has won the most points for his team with his goals -- 10 points with six goals in LaLiga, level with Borja Iglesias, who has earned 10 points with nine goals.
10
Only Jude Bellingham (10) has scored more goals than Pedri Gonzalez (7) this season in all competitions among midfielders from the top five European leagues under the age of 21.
1
Memphis Depay became the first player to score a goal for Atlético Madrid and Barcelona in the same season.
1-0
Atletico Madrid won 74 matches with a scoreline of 1-0 since Diego Simeone took over in January 2012 in LaLiga. The next best are Sevilla who won 49 matches with a 1-0 scoreline.
3
Stefan Savic has picked up three red cards in his last five appearances for Atletico Madrid.
SERIE A
3000
AC Milan played their 3000th Serie A match against Torino on Saturday. They became the fourth team after Inter, Juventus and Roma to join the list.
59
With their win over Cremonese, Napoli have 59 points on the table. Only Inter in 2006/07 (60) and Juventus in 2018/19 (60) have collected more points than Napoli in the first 22 games of a Serie A campaign.
9
Among players playing in their debut season, Napoli's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is the only player in the big five European Leagues to score at least 9 goals and to provide at least 9 assists.
LIGUE 1
Folarin Balogun is now the TOP SCORER in Ligue 1 📈👏
The 21 year old is outscoring the likes of Mbappe, Ben Yedder, Messi, Neymar and Lacazette 🤯 pic.twitter.com/WM9kHLq4RQ
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 12, 2023
7
PSG have lost each of their last seven games when trailing by multiple goals in any competition, including twice against Monaco.
2
PSG have lost two straight matches in all competitions for the first time since March 2022.
5
Second placed Marseille have won their last five away matches in the league. This is the best run in Europe's top five leagues along with Barcelona.
BUNDESLIGA
5
Union Berlin have won five Bundesliga matches in a row for the first time in their history.
15
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens scored Borussia Dortmund's 15th goal by a teenager in the league this season. The rest of Bundesliga's teenagers have also scored... 15.
CLUB WORLD CUP
5
Real Madrid have won the Club World Cup a record five times.
6
Real Madrid's Eduardo Camavinga, just 20, has almost completed club football by winning six trophies -- FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Champions League, LaLiga, Super Cup and Copa del Rey.
REAL MADRID ARE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS 🏆
They have won the competition two more times than any other club 👏 pic.twitter.com/lN4U4XgpwM
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 11, 2023
14
Karim Benzema netted his 14th goal in all competitions against Al-Hilal on Saturday. Only Vinicius Jr. has scored more goals for Read Madrid this season.
8
The eight goals in the final was the most scored, surpassing the previous record of six in 2007 (AC Milan 4-2 Boca Juniors) and 2016 (Real Madrid 4-2 Kashima Antlers).
RONALDO MESSI WATCH
Lionel Messi did not play PSG's match against Monaco due to an injury but Cristiano Ronaldo made a massive impact in the Saudi Pro League, scoring all of his team's four goals in a 4-0 win.
500
With his four goals for Al-Nassr against Al-Wehda, Cristiano Ronaldo now has over 500 career league goals.
31
Ronaldo has scored 31 hat tricks after he turned 30, which is one more than 30 he scored before he turned 30.
(Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)