It was a weekend of derbies and fierce cross-country rivalries. The North-London derby was feisty, controversial and ended 1-1, the Merseyside one was tamer and ended 0-0, while the Rome edition saw Lazio absolutely smash Roma 3-0. Across in Spain, the Clasico saw Barcelona run out 1-0 winners at Real Madrid, while in a brilliantly-manic edition of the great Italian north-south rivalry, Juventus clung onto a 2-1 win at Napoli.
Here are the best stats from the weekend action:
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This is the first time Barcelona have won 4 consecutive La Liga clasicos. The aggregate score? 11-2!
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Barca take the lead in El Clasico all-time series for the second time ever and first since Jan 31, 1932 (96-95, 51 draws), 87 years ago.
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Harry Kane has become the outright top scorer in Premier League North London derbies, moving onto nine, one above Emmanuel Adebayor.
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This is Tottenham Hotspur’s first draw in 33 PL games, and their first this season.
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As per Squawka, Mohammed Salah has missed 13 ‘big chances’ in the PL this season. Only Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has missed more, 19.
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Everton and Liverpool have now played out 34 nil-nil draws. That’s 15 more than any other fixture in English league football history.
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Jamie Vardy has scored the first goal in the tenure of four Leicester City managers (Claudio Ranieri, Craig Shakespeare, Claude Puel, and now Brendan Rodgers).
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Manchester City have now beaten Bournemouth 7 times out of 7. This 100% record is the best in PL history, and the joint-best in top-flight history – along with Brighton against Wolves (also 7 out of 7).
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Fulham became the first side in top-flight history to lose 10 league London derbies in a single season when they went down 2-1 to Chelsea.
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Juventus are the only unbeaten team in league play among Europe’s top 5 leagues. They lead Napoli by 16 points with 12 matches to go. 16!
Also, 26 – Juve are unbeaten in their last 26 away games in the league – a new record.
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Lazio won the Rome derby by a 3-goal margin for only the second time ever, the first coming in 2006.
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AC Milan beat Sassuolo 1-0, while Inter lost 2-1 at Cagliari. These results mean that AC Milan are 3rd in the table in the second half of the season for the first time since 2012/13. The arrival of Krzystof Piatek has certainly livened things up at the San Siro!
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With his second goal in Bayern’s 5-1 dismantling of Borussia Monchengladbach, Robert Lewandowski reached 195 Bundesliga goals, tying the all-time record by a foreign player (Claudio Pizarro – Perú). He also moved on to 120 league goals for Bayern Munich. That’s third on their all-time list, behind Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (162) and the great Gerd Muller (365!)
(Statistics courtesy ESPN Stats & Information)
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