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          Mbappe's first Madrid hat-trick, Salah surpasses Henry : Stats

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          • Zenia D'Cunha
          Jan 27, 2025, 06:10 AM

          Another entertaining weekend of European football is in the books, with plenty of stats and records to remember.

          In the Premier League, Manchester City moved back into the top four with a win over come from behind win over Chelsea and Mohamed Salah was on the scoresheet and record books for Liverpool. Arsenal and Manchester United got 1-0 wins while Tottenham's loss to Leicester City compounded their worries.

          Over in La Liga, Kylian Mbappe starred for Real Madrid with his first hat-trick in Los Blancos while Barcelona continued their free-flowing goal glut but Atletico Madrid struggled. In Serie A, AC Milan got a dramatic late win as Napoli ended Juventus' unbeaten start with a comeback win. In Bundesliga, Harry Kane scored to extend Bayern Munich's lead.

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

          PREMIER LEAGUE

          176

          Mohamed Salah (176) has surpassed Thierry Henry (175) for seventh most goals in Premier League history. Since Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool in 2017-18, his Premier League goals are 4th most by any player in the Top 5 European leagues (he scored 2 PL goals with Chelsea prior to joining Liverpool.)

          8

          Manchester United has won 8 straight Premier League games at Fulham (since 2011). That extends the club's longest road winning streak vs any team in PL history.

          2

          The match against Chelsea was the second time Manchester City allowed a goal within the first 3 minutes of play in the Premier League this season. They won both games.

          249

          Erling Haaland has scored 249 career club goals in all competitions (114 of those are for Manchester City)

          25.4 meters

          Haaland scored a 7th career goal from outside the box with Manchester City in all competitions. But this goal vs Chelsea was from a distance of 25.4 meters - his farthest in Premier League.

          5

          Ederson now has five assists in the Premier League, the joint-most by a goalkeeper in the competition's history along with Paul Robinson.

          700

          David Moyes took charge of his 700th game in the Premier League (430 Everton, 34 Manchester United, 38 Sunderland, 198 West Ham United), becoming the third manager to reach that figure in the competition, after Arsène Wenger (828) and Alex Ferguson (810).

          18

          Myles Lewis-Skelly became the first player 18 years or younger to get red carded in a Premier League since Jack Wilshere in 2010.... also with Arsenal.

          24

          Tottenham's 24 points are tied for the club's second fewest through 23 games played in a Premier League season. They are closer to relegation zone (8 points from 18th place) than it is from spots to qualify to European competitions.

          7

          Leicester City snapped a 7-game losing streak in the Premier League, which was the longest active streak by any team from the Top 5 European leagues.

          198

          Jamie Vardy reached 198 career goals with Leicester City in all competitions. The only players in club history with 200+ goals are Arthur Chandler (273) and Arthur Rowley (265)

          36

          Bryan Mbeumo (36) is 1 goal away from tying Toane Wissa (37) as Brentford's all-time scorer in the Premier League.

          47

          Alexander Isak tied Callum Wilson (47) as Newcastle's second best scorer in Premier League history. Only Alan Shearer (148) has more (Shearer is also the PL's all-time scorer with 260 goals)

          5

          Bournemouth scored 5 goals in a Premier League match for the first time since 2019 (5-0 win over Brighton)

          LA LIGA

          1

          Kylian Mbappé scored his first hat trick with Real Madrid, scoring all three goals against Real Valladolid.

          32

          Mbappe's first hat-trick came in 32nd game with Real Madrid. He is the first player to score a La Liga hat trick in his first season with Real Madrid since Gareth Bale in 2013-14. Back then, the Welshman did it in his 9th game with Real Madrid.

          20

          This was Mbappe's 20th career hat-trick with club and country and his first since March 17, 2024 vs Montpellier in Ligue 1 when playing for PSG.

          3

          Mbappe now has 3 multi-goal games in La Liga this season, tied with Raphinha for second most games with 2+ goals. Lewandowski leads the pack with 5 games.

          2.25

          Frenkie de Jong, at 2 minutes and 25 seconds, scored the earliest goal of his career (from start of the game.)

          23

          Raphinha has scored 23 goals (in 30 games) this season in all competitions, which is his career-best in a single season. He is just 5 shy of teammate Robert Lewandowski for the most in Europe's Top 5 League this season (28 goals in 29 matches.)

          7+

          This was the second time this season that Barcelona scored 7+ goals, the first time this has happened in a single season since 2013-14 (vs Levante and Osasuna). The only time Barcelona has done that more times is 1950-51 (3 times.)

          3+

          This is the first time that Real Sociedad has conceded 3+ goals at home this season in all competitions. The loss to Getafe snaps a 7-game home unbeaten streak in all competitions. (they only conceded 1 goal during the streak.)

          1

          Atletico Madrid failed to win back-to-back La Liga games against either opponent not named Barcelona or Real Madrid since December 2023 (Getafe and Athletic.)

          SERIE A

          11

          Christian Pulisic scores his 11th goal of the season in all competitions and his 25th Serie A goal. He has 41 goal contributions in all competitions since the start of last season, most in the club.

          1

          The win over Parma is the first time in Milan's Serie A history that the club has overturned an injury-time deficit with 2 goals.

          112

          Lautaro Martínez has 112 career Serie A goals to his name, breaking a tie with Mauro Icardi for second most by a non-Italian for Inter Milan. Only Stefano Nyers has more goals than him.

          BUNDESLIGA

          50

          Lukas Hradecky is unbeaten in his last 50 Bundesliga appearances, becoming only the second player in the competition's history to go 50+ consecutive games undefeated after Jerome Boateng (56 from 2012 to 2014).

          1

          In Harry Kane and Eric Dier, two Englishman have combined to score a goal in the Bundesliga for the first time on record (since 2004-05).

          MESSI RONALDO WATCH

          12

          Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 12 goals in his last 9 games with club and country (all competitions). This was also his 84th goal in 93 career games with Al Nassr.

          And for those counting, this was Ronaldo now has 920 career goals for club and country.

          (Stats courtesy ESPN Stats & Information Group)