It was an action-packed weekend in European football, with title races heating up and shock loses.
In the Premier League, Arsenal dismantled Manchester City 5-1 in the most memorable result of the weekend. Manchester United home woes continued as they slumped to another loss, this time to Crystal Palace while Tottenham Hotspur earned their first league win since December.
The La Liga, title race got tighter as Real Madrid lost to Espanyol, allowing Barcelona and Atletico Madrid to reduce their gap. In Serie A, the Milan derby saw a late, late draw while Bundesliga had Bayern Munich and Harry Kane scoring per usual while RB Leipzig continue to spiral.
ESPN's By The Numbers brings you the best of stats from weekend's football matches:
PREMIER LEAGUE
5
Arsenal's 5 goals were its most in a Premier League game vs Manchester City since 2003 ( also won 5-1). The big difference? That was City's first season back in the Premier Leaguer after being relegated in 2000-01.
6
Arsenal is the 6th different team to score 4 or more goals in a Premier League game vs Manchester City under Pep Guardiola (Leicester is the only one to do it twice.)
5
Mikel Arteta is now unbeaten in five straight games against Manchester City (W2 D3), tied for the longest run by a manager against Pep Guardiola, after Thomas Tuchel (2016-2021) and Jürgen Klopp (2021-2022).
1.44
Martin Ødegaard (1 minute, 44 seconds) scored the fastest goal of his professional career (club or country.) This was also Arsenal's fastest goal in a Premier League match since December 2022.
250
Erling Haaland's goal was his 250th in senior club football in 313 games. He has reached 250 club goals in fewer appearances than Lionel Messi (327), Kylian Mbappe (332), Harry Kane (450), or Cristiano Ronaldo (451).
7
Manchester United has lost seven of its first 13 home games in the Premier League this season, tied for its most at this stage of a league campaign, along with 1893-94 (also 7).
Manchester United had not lost SEVEN of their first 13 home matches of the league season since 1893-94 ��
OVER 130 YEARS! pic.twitter.com/LE3xahbVhv
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 2, 2025
7
Manchester United's 7 home losses tie the most by a 'Big 6' club through 24 games of a Premier League season (That was Manchester City in 2000-01, back when they were relegated.)
44
Manchester United has lost 44 Premier League home games since Sir Alex Ferguson retired after the 2012-13 season. In the 18 seasons prior under Ferguson, they lost 34 home PL games.
300
Mo Salah scored his 300th career goal in European Clubs across all competitions: 235 with Liverpool, 34 with Roma, 20 with Basel, 9 with Fiorentina and 2 with Chelsea
32
Since Mohamed Salah joined Liverpool in 2017-18, his 32 multi-goal games are the most of any player in the Premier League (next is Harry Kane with 27.)
21
Mohamed Salah also reached 21 goals in the Premier League this season, tying Thierry Henry for 4th most 20-goal seasons in PL history.
Mo Salah is the first player to score 20 goals in Europe's top five leagues this season �� pic.twitter.com/HJjlSRK0m2
- ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 1, 2025
10 seconds
Abdoulaye Doucouré scores the fastest goal in the Premier League this season (10 seconds.)
6
Southampton snapped a 6-game losing streak in the Premier League, which was the longest active losing streak in the Top 5 European leagues.
15
That was Chris Wood's 15th Premier League goal this season, his most in a Premier League season. 15 goals in a single season is the 2nd-most by a Nottingham Forest player, with only Stan Collymore in 1994-95 scoring more.
6
Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored 6 goals in his last 5 Premier League games, tying Chris Wood and Phil Foden for most PL goals since the start of January 2025.
LA LIGA
4
Four points separate the top 3 in La Liga. The last time the race was this tight between the top 3 through 22 GP was 2014-15. Barcelona went on to win that title by 2 points over Madrid.
1
This was Real Madrid's first La Liga loss to a team other than Barcelona, Athletic Club or Atletico Madrid since May 2023 (Valencia.)
1
This was Espanyol's first win vs Real Madrid in La Liga since October, 2021.
1
This is the first time Espanyol beat Real Madrid while being in the bottom 3 of the table entering the match day since the 1981-82 season. Back then, 16th place Espanyol beat fourth place Real Madrid 1-0, in an 18-team league.
16
Real Madrid had gone 16 straight matches scoring at least 1 goal in all competitions (multiple goals in last 14 matches). The last time it failed to do so was in the UEFA Champions League vs Liverpool in November.
21
Yamal attempted 21 dribbles against Alavés, completing 11 of them. This is the most attempted by any Barcelona player in a LaLiga game since at least 2005/06.... Where Messi attempted. 20.
7
Robert Lewandowski extends his lead as the player with most times scoring the first goal of a match in La Liga this season (7.)
7
Robert Lewandowski has 7 game-winning goals in LALIGA this season, 3 more than any other player.
198
Antoine Griezmann has 198 career LALIGA goals, two away from being the 11th player with 200+ goals.
SERIE A
92.38
At 92 minutes, 38 seconds, Stefan de Vrij scored the latest game-tying stoppage-time goal by Inter Milan in the last 15 Serie A seasons.
3
Since his arrival at Juventus, Randall Kolo-Muani has scored 3 goals in 2 matches
BUNDESLIGA
55
Since joining Bayern in 2023, Harry Kane has 55 league goals, which is more than any other player in their first 50 games in the league's history.
10
Jamal Musiala reached 10 Bundesliga goals for the 3rd straight season. Since 2010-11, Erling Haaland is the only other player with 3 straight 10+ goal seasons before turning 22. He is the 4th player in Bundesliga history with 3 straight 10-goal seasons prior to turning 22 and the 5th to do it at all.
LIGUE 1
2
Ousmane Dembele scored his second straight hat-trick (the first in the UEFA Champions League) for PSG this week.
1
M'Bala Nzola scores in the 1st minute of the match for Lens. That is the 17th different team to score a goal in the first minute of a match in the Top 5 European leagues this season.
(Stats courtesy ESPN Stats & Information Group)