It was another entertaining weekend of club football with big results across Europe. Manchester United put Arsenal out of the FA Cup, but other top clubs like Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea comfortably sealed their passage through to the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Barcelona have won their first trophy under Hansi Flick, after a demolition job against Real Madrid saw them win 5-2 in Jeddah, with Raphinha and Lamine Yamal once again amongst the goals. .
In Serie A, Napoli continue to top the table after their win 2-0 over Verona.
ESPN's By The Numbers brings you the best of stats from weekend's football matches:
FA CUP
1
For the first time in their FA Cup meetings, Manchester United beat Arsenal in a penalty shootout.
1.27
Not only did Kai Havertz have his penalty in the shootout saved, he also had a torrid time in front of goal in the 120 minutes that were played. He had chances amounting 1.27 xG, but didn't score a goa. It was Havertz's second-largest xG underperformance of his career.
3
Jayden Danns has scored three FA Cup goals for Liverpool, having not yet started a first-team match for the club. In fact, Danns has played only 100 minutes of senior football in his career.
5
Only one Manchester City player has five goals and five assists in all competitions this season - Jeremy Doku, who scored twice and assisted twice in their 8-0 win iover Salford City.
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Winger Rio Ngumoha became the youngest player to play for Liverpool in the FA Cup.
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- Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 11, 2025
29
After 29 years, Arsenal have been eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup in back-to-back seasons. They lost 2-0 to Liverpool at the Emirates last season, and on penalties to Manchester United on Sunday evening.
38
Jack Grealish snapped a 38-game without a goal for Manchester City, He scored a penalty in City's 8-0 win over Salford City, his first goal for the club since December 16, 2023 against Crystal Palace.
92
Manchester City scored 8+ goals in an FA Cup match for the first time in 92 years (a 9-0 win against Gateshead in 1933).
LALIGA/SUPERCOPA
3
Barcelona became the third team to score five goals vs Real Madrid in a final (including Super Cups). Benfica had beaten Real 5-3 in the 1962 European Cup Final, while Sevilla beat them 5-3 in the 2007 Supercopa.
2
Thibaut Courtois has allowed 5 goals for only the second time in his Real Madrid career, with both those instances coming against Barcelona. The previous occasions was in October 2018, when Barcelona beat Real 5-1.
2
The last two times Atletico Madrid were top of La Liga at the midway point of the season, they went on to win the league (in 1996-96 and 2020-21). They are now top of La Liga with 19 games played.
7
Kylian Mbappe scored his 7th goal against Barcelona in his career - the most he has scored against any team outside the French league.
19
Raphinha has scored 19 goals for Barcelona this season, making it the most productive individual goal-scoring season of his senior career.
SERIE A
22
Juventus extended their unbeaten streak in the Derby della Mole against Torino to 22 games (16 wins and 6 draws) across all competitions, with their last defeat coming in 2015. That is the longest unbeaten streak by either team in the rivalry.
12
Juventus drew their 12th game out of 19 in Serie A this season, the most by any team in Europe's top five leagues so far this season. They continue to be unbeaten in the league this season.
12
Napoli have kept clean sheets in 12 of their first 20 games of the season in a single top-flight campaign for the first time since 1981-82.
BUNDESLIGA
.14
Omar Marmoush scored his 14th league goal of the season, going level at the top of the standings, alongside Harry Kane. It was the Egyptian's 19th goal of the season in all competitions. How much longer can Eintracht Frankfurt hold on to their star man?
LIGUE 1
2
For the first time in his career, Ousmane Dembele as scored twice in back-to-back games.
(Stats courtesy ESPN Stats & Information Group)