⚽ Premier League Matchweek 31- Previews, Stats, Results, Live Updates- Tottenham vs Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and more

Leeds are the first ever opposition team to win at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League having played 45+ minutes with 10 men.

A Marcelo Bielsa masterclass. :books:

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4 - Leeds have become just the fourth promoted side to win away against the Premier League leaders in the competition’s history, after Ipswich at Norwich in December 1992, Derby at Man Utd in April 1997 and Hull City at Arsenal in September 2008.

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Man City attempted 29 shots against Leeds, the most by a losing team in a PL game since Arsenal in December 2017 (33, vs. Man Utd).

Every single outfield player was directly involved in at least one shot.

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Stuart Dallas’ game by numbers vs. Man City:

100% shot-conversion
100% take-ons completed
100% tackles won
93% passing accuracy
8 ball recoveries (most)
2 shots
2 goals (most)
2 clearances
1 interception
0 x dribbled past

Generational.

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Ollie Watkins gives Aston Villa the lead against Liverpool

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4 - Ollie Watkins is the first player to score as many as four Premier League goals against Liverpool in a season since Andrey Arshavin did so in 2008-09. Fab.

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Most Premier League goals scored against Liverpool since the start of the 2016/17 season:

:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jamie Vardy (6)
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane (4)
:de: Leroy Sané (4)
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ollie Watkins (4)

Ollie Watkins has only played two games against them. :exploding_head:

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:soccer: Ollie Watkins opens the scoring against the run of play at Anfield

:bar_chart: Four of his 12 Premier League goals this season have now come against Liverpool

:red_circle: Liverpool have a goal ruled out for offside on the stroke of half-time

:stopwatch: HT | Liverpool 0-1 Aston Villa
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:soccer: Mo Salah equalises for Liverpool, going level with Harry Kane in the race for the Golden Boot, with 19 goals

4⃣ He, like Watkins, has now scored four goals against today’s opponents this season

:stopwatch: 66’ | Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa
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Most goals scored by Mohamed Salah in a single season:

:red_circle: 2017-18: 44 goals (!!)
:red_circle: 2020-21: 28 goals
:red_circle: 2018-19: 27 goals

Just 17 more to beat his personal best. :wink:

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12h 44m - Mohamed Salah’s goal ended Liverpool’s run of 12 hours and 44 minutes without scoring from open play at Anfield in the Premier League. Relief.

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What a strike from Alexander-Arnold to possibly win it for Liverpool! :scream:

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Liverpool 2-1 Villa FT:

:soccer: Watkins
:soccer: Salah
:soccer: Alexander-Arnold

Trent Alexander-Arnold hits back at his critics with an injury-time winner for Liverpool for their first home PL win of 2021.

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37 - Liverpool have now scored 37 winning goals in the 90th minute or later in the Premier League, at least 12 more than any other side in the competition. Perseverance.

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Liverpool have now won as many games at Anfield since Diogo Jota returned from injury as they did during the three months he was out (1).

So, that’s what was missing. :sweat_smile:
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Crystal Palace XI: Guaita; Ward, Cahill, Kouyate, Van Aanholt; Ayew, Milivojevic, Riedewald, Eze; Zaha, Benteke.

Chelsea XI: Mendy; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rudiger; Hudson-Odoi, Kovacic, Jorginho, Chilwell; Havertz, Pulisic; Mount.

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08’: Kai Havertz scores
10’: Christian Pulisic scores

Two goals in two minutes for Chelsea.

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Kai Havertz has scored his first Premier League goal for Chelsea since October 2020.

The long wait is finally over.

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10 - This is the earliest Chelsea have gone 2-0 ahead (10 minutes) in a Premier League game since January 2018 (6 minutes vs Brighton), with just 102 seconds separating Kai Havertz’s and Christian Pulisic’s strikes. Mojo.

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Kurt Zouma makes it 3-0 for Chelsea against Palace.

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