Last weekend, another round of matches was played in the strongest European leagues. In recent days, there was no shortage of impressive victories or stunning goals, with the favorites of the championships increasingly standing out. Eurofootball.com provides you with all the results of this weekend's Top 5 European leagues and the most interesting facts from the weekend's matches.
Premier League
After the fifth round of the English Premier League, both Manchester clubs, City and United, further increased their lead over other teams.
Both City and United triumphed over their opponents. While City crushed Watford 6-0 away, United taught Everton a lesson at home with a 4-0 victory.
Other championship favorites helped widen the gap by collecting points. Liverpool failed to beat Burnley at home and drew 1-1, while Tottenham Hotspur and Swansea ended their match goalless at 0-0.
The London derby also ended in a goalless draw, with Chelsea and Arsenal splitting the points.
All results from the fifth round of the Premier League:
Bournemouth 2 : 1 Brighton
Crystal Palace 0 : 1 Southampton
Huddersfield 1 : 1 Leicester City
Liverpool 1 : 1 Burnley
Newcastle United 2 : 1 Stoke City
Watford 0 : 6 Manchester City
West Bromwich Albion 0 : 0 West Ham United
Tottenham Hotspur 0 : 0 Swansea
Chelsea 0 : 0 Arsenal
Manchester United 4 : 0 Everton
Interesting facts after the fifth round of the Premier League:
Liverpool reached their 1000th point playing at home in the Premier League. Prior to them, only Manchester United (1136), Arsenal (1044), and Chelsea (1026) had achieved this milestone. The Reds reached a thousand points in 484 matches, with 293 victories and 121 draws.
Crystal Palace became the first team in league history to not only fail to collect points in the first five rounds but also not score a single goal.
Sergio Aguero, scoring a hat-trick, has already hit at least three goals against opponents in the Premier League seven times. Alan Shearer (11), Robbie Fowler (9), Michael Owen, and Thierry Henry (8) have scored more hat-tricks in the league's history.
Among all players scoring at least 10 goals in the Premier League, nobody has been as productive throughout the league's history as Gabriel Jesus. The Brazilian scores a goal on average every 91 minutes.
Last weekend, Gareth Barry played his 632nd Premier League match and now shares the record for most appearances in the league's history with Ryan Giggs. Barry also became the first player in the league's history to show up on the field 600 times.
Harry Kane has already hit the post three times this season with his shots. No other player in the league can match this feat.
Lukasz Fabianski has already made 24 saves this season - the most of all Premier League goalkeepers. The Polish goalkeeper has also kept his net 'dry' three times.
Jermain Defoe scored a goal for Bournemouth last weekend after a break of 5977 days with the team. The last time he scored for the team was back in May 2001.
In three home matches this season in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur has already made 72 attempts, 19 of which aimed at goal. However, only two of these attempts resulted in goals for the team.
In the match against Burnley, Liverpool had 30 more shots than their opponents. The last time a team had such a shot advantage over their opponents was in 2016 when Manchester United faced Burnley and had a 31-shot advantage.
For the first time in 30 consecutive high-scoring matches, Tottenham Hotspur failed to score a goal at home. The team also suffered three consecutive home defeats for the first time since December 2013.
Manchester City's win by six goals over Watford matched their record for the biggest victory in the top English league (they had beaten Derby County 7-1 in 1938). For Watford, it was their biggest loss in the top league in the club's history.
Fernando Llorente became the oldest Spurs player to appear on the field under manager Mauricio Pochettino. The Spaniard was 32 years and 201 days old on match day.
Manchester City became just the fourth team in the history of the top English league to beat the same team away twice in a row by a margin of five goals or more. Last year, they defeated Watford 5-0 at Vicarage Road stadium.
Xherdan Shaqiri, who scored his first two goals from penalty kicks for Stoke City, later unleashed his shots from further distances - all his last six successful strikes were from outside the penalty area.
In his eight consecutive away games, Sergio Aguero has scored at least one goal from the start of the match. He is just one game away from the league record, as Robin van Persie, who has scored a remarkable nine games in a row.
Crystal Palace is still goalless this season despite making 71 unsuccessful attempts at goal.
Steven Davis scored his last Premier League goal against Crystal Palace, 489 days ago, and even then, he was playing for the same club.
Roy Hodgson became the third manager in league history to lead a team at the age of at least 70. Before him, only Alex Ferguson and Bobby Robson had achieved this milestone.
Arsenal managed to keep a clean sheet at Stamford Bridge for the first time since 2005 and ended a winless streak of 12 matches in their weekend match.
This weekend, Antonio Conte's Chelsea team failed to score a goal against opponents at home for the first time.
Everton has failed to score a single goal in their last four matches and have conceded 12 precise strikes into their own net.
Manchester United is the only team in the Premier League to have never been defeated by Wayne Rooney during his career.
9 out of 16 Manchester United goals in the Premier League were scored after the 80th minute of matches.
Standings:
La Liga
Over the weekend in Spain, nine matches were played in the fourth round of La Liga, after which Barcelona emerged as the sole leader of the championship.
Barcelona faced serious opposition for the first time this season and even trailed their opponent until the 62nd minute, but ultimately secured victory with a 2-1 win over Getafe.
After two consecutive draws, Real Madrid returned to winning ways, beating Real Sociedad away 3:1. This was the first defeat of the season for the home team and their first dropped points.
Another Madrid team, Atletico, claimed a tough victory in the newly opened stadium, winning 1-0 against Malaga.
Sevilla won their third game in a row, climbing to second place in the league table after a 1-0 victory over Girona.
All results from the fourth round of La Liga:
Eibar 1 : 0 Leganes
Levante 1 : 1 Valencia
Getafe 1 : 2 Barcelona
Real Betis 2 : 1 Deportivo
Atletico 1 : 0 Malaga
Alaves 0 : 3 Villarreal
Girona 0 : 1 Sevilla
Las Palmas 1 : 0 Athletic
Real Sociedad 1 : 3 Real Madrid
Upcoming matches:
September 18 (Monday) 22:00: Espanyol - Celta
Interesting facts after the fourth round of La Liga:
Real Madrid and their players became co-authors of a world record by scoring in 73 consecutive matches. Real Madrid have matched the achievement of Brazilian team Santos, which they set back in 1963.
Atletico played their first game at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium over the weekend. Antoine Griezmann scored the first goal for his team in their new home.
For the first time this season, both Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao conceded their first goals. However, while Barcelona managed to score two goals to save themselves, Athletic suffered their first defeat of the season.
Since joining the Bournemouth club, Loic Remy has played flawlessly for his new team. He achieved perfect stats in his first 52 minutes by making 100% successful passes and recording a 100% accuracy - two shots, two goals.
Real Madrid won their 11th consecutive away game in opponents' fields for the first time in their history.
In the first four matches of their season in La Liga, Athletic Bilbao has still not dropped a point or conceded a goal.
Gareth Bale scored a goal with his right foot against Real Sociedad. The last time he scored such a goal was on February 14, 2015.
Eintracht missed their first goal this season in Serie A and experienced their first defeat.
Cole Membre scored his first goal in the Premier League in 489 days, and even then, he was scoring against Crystal Palace.
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