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          Ronaldo at 915, Salah equals Rooney's record, Bellingham 100%: stats

          Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring against Manchester City. Photo by Visionhaus/Getty Images
          • Anish Anand
          Dec 2, 2024, 05:03 AM

          It was another entertaining weekend of club football with big results across Europe. Liverpool piled more misery on Manchester City and increased their lead at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win while Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United also won their respective matches.

          In LaLiga, Barcelona suffered a loss against Las Palmas and later Real Madrid ensured they beat Getafe and reduced the deficit at the top of the table. In Bundesliga, the Der Klassiker between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich ended 1-1 after a late equaliser from Jamal Musiala.

          In Serie A, Napoli continue to top the table after their win 1-0 over Torino.

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

          PREMIER LEAGUE

          4

          Manchester City have lost four consecutive Premier League matches for the first time since August 2008.

          Also, this is the first time in Pep Guardiola's managerial career that he has lost four consecutive league matches.

          36

          Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has scored and assisted in a Premier League game for the 36th time, it's the joint-most by a player in the league's history, equalling Wayne Rooney's record.

          64

          Salah has been directly involved in 64 goals in 74 Premier League matches against the 'big six' opponents.

          10

          Tottenham's Brennan Johnson is one of only two Premier League players to score 10+ non-penalty goals across all competitions this season along with Erling Haaland (15).

          5

          Arsenal have scored 5+ goals in five away games in all competitions in 2024, a joint-record by an English top-flight team in a single calendar year, along with Sunderland in 1892 and Manchester City in 1937.

          10

          Arsenal's Bukayo Saka has 10 assists in Arsenal's 13 Premier League games this term; only Cesc Fabregas in 2014-15 (12), Mesut Ozil in 2015-16 (12) and Harry Kane in 2020-21 (11) have reached 10 assists in fewer of a team's games from the start of a season in the competition.

          20 and 5

          Since the start of last season, Arsenal's 20 goals from corners and Gabriel Magalhaes' five from corners are both the most by a team and a single player in the Premier League.

          1

          Bournemouth's Justin Kluivert is the first player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick of penalties in a single match, with teammate Evanilson also the first to win three penalties in the same game in the competition.

          100

          Bruno Fernandes has now created 100 big chances in the Premier League since he made his debut in February 2020. Only Kevin De Bruyne has more numbers (104) during that time.

          LALIGA

          100

          Mikel Oyarzabal has scored 100 goals in 362 appearances for Real Sociedad in all competitions, making him the fifth player to reach this figure in the club's history.

          100%

          Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham has scored 100% of the penalties he has taken in all competitions in his career -- four out of four.

          14

          Barcelona have hit the woodwork 14 times in LaLiga this season, four times more than any other team in the top 5 European leagues this season. Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Cagliari have 10 times each.

          SERIE A

          18

          After their 1-1 draw against Lecce, Juventus have set a new record for draws in a single calendar year in their Serie A history - 18.

          BUNDESLIGA

          6

          Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala has scored in his sixth consecutive Bundesliga away match. At 21 years, 278 days, he is the second-youngest player in the league history to do so, after Werner Weist in 1969-70 for Dortmund (21 years, 10 days).

          512

          With 512 appearances in the German top-flight, Manuel Neuer is now ranked third among goalkeepers with most appearances in the league, behind Oliver Kahn (557) and Eike Immel (534).

          LIGUE 1

          150

          Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette has scored 150 goals in the league, which is third best in the 21st century after Kylian Mbappe's 191 goals and Wissam Ben Yedder's 161.

          MESSI - RONALDO WATCH

          Cristiano Ronaldo netted twice in Al Nassr's 2-0 win over Damac in Saudi Pro league.

          He has scored 7 goals in his last four games for club and country, his most in a 4-game span since April. He also has 8 goals in the month of November, his most in a calendar month since scoring 8 back in May.

          915

          The latest brace takes his overall goal tally to 915. It was also the first time he has scored more than once in the league this campaign.

          (Stats courtesy ESPN Stats & Information Group)