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          Haaland ties Ronaldo's 100, Pulisic's 31 and Real Madrid's record 38: Stats

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          • Shyam Vasudevan
          Sep 23, 2024, 04:10 AM

          An exciting week of footballing action saw Manchester City score at the death to draw against Arsenal, while Manchester United also dropped points to Crystal Palace. Liverpool and Chelsea racked in wins to keep the pressure on City, who have a one point lead at the top.

          Over in Spain, Real Madrid extended their winning run to 38 while Barcelona continued their perfect start to the season with a 5-1 win against Villarreal. Borussia Dortmund were stunned by Stuttgart in the Bundesliga as Bayern Munich went past Werder Bremen to consolidate their lead at the top.

          The big derby in the Serie A saw AC Milan clinch a 2-1 win over their arch rivals Inter Milan, but it's surprise leaders Torino who continued their unbeaten start to the campaign to lead the charts.

          ESPN's By The Numbers brings you best stats from the weekend:

          PREMIER LEAGUE

          100

          Erling Haaland has scored 100 goals in 105 appearances for Manchester City in all competitions - tying the record for the fastest player to reach 100 goals for a single club in Europe's top 5 Leagues with Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid.

          2 in 18

          Nicolas Jackson's brace within 18 minutes is the fastest by a Chelsea player in the Premier League since Didier Drogba did so against Middlesbrough in January 2005 (17 minutes).

          32

          Man City are unbeaten in their last 32 PL home games - the only defeat in their last 46 PL home games was 2-1 v Brentford, Nov 2022. They're unbeaten in their last 47 home games across competitions since that loss to Brentford.

          2

          Manchester United have won just two of their last eight Premier League matches against teams starting the day in the bottom half (D4 L2).

          63

          Son Heung-min has gone past Christian Eriksen for the second-most PL assists in Tottenham Hotspur's history with his 63rd. Only Darren Anderton has more for Spurs, with 67.

          4

          Jhon Durán is the first Aston Villa player with at least four goals through the team's first five league games since Christian Benteke. All four of Durán's goals have been as a sub, most in Europe's top 5 leagues this season (no other player in the Premier League has multiple sub goals this season).

          LALIGA

          38

          Real Madrid extended their record unbeaten streak in the LaLiga to 38 games, tying 1979-80 Real Sociedad for the second-longest unbeaten streak in the League's history. Real Madrid are also on a 27-game winning run in the LaLiga, the longest active home unbeaten streak in the Spanish top-flight.

          6

          Dani Carvajal has scored six goals in all competitions for club and country in 2024 (already the highest-scoring calendar year of his career). From 2017 to 2023, Carvajal scored a total of five goals in all competitions for club and country.

          4

          Robert Lewandowski had his fourth multi-goal game in the LaLiga this season, only Erling Haaland (6), and Phil Foden (5) have more among players in Europe's top 5 leagues in that.

          159

          Iago Aspas scored his 159th career goal to go past Aritz Aduriz for the 20th-most goals in LaLiga history.

          SERIE A

          31

          Christian Pulisic has 31 goal contributions to his name across competitions since the start of last season, the most by a player for a Serie A club in that span. Pulisic is also the first American to score in the Derby della Madonnina.

          BUNDESLIGA

          5

          Since the start of last season, Bayer Leverkusen's five stoppage-time game-winning goals are tied with Real Madrid for second most by any team in the Top 5 European Leagues. Only Villarreal has more - seven.

          3

          Bayer Leverkusen has conceded three goals in each of its last two Bundesliga home games. That didn't happen once during its unbeaten 2023-24 season.

          LIGUE 1

          6

          Nice are the first team to score at least six goals in the first half of a Ligue 1 game in the 21st century.

          5

          Joao Neves leads all players in Europe's top five leagues this season with five assists. Neves recorded just one assist for Benfica in 33 Primeira Liga games in the 2023-24 season.

          MESSI-RONALDO WATCH

          14 and 25

          Cristiano Ronaldo has converted all 14 of his penalty kicks for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League. Ronaldo also reached 25 goals scored for club in the calendar year 2024, a mark he's reached in 17 of the last 18 years.

          (Stats courtesy ESPN's Stats & Information Group)