The weekend action in the Premier League has wrapped up and it has dished out some disappointing results to England’s top clubs. Man City, Arsenal, and Tottenham were all held to draws by Crystal Palace, Sheffield, and Watford respectively while Chelsea suffered a 1-0 loss away to Newcastle.
Leicester, a club who were once seen as the only team that could stop Liverpool from winning the title, threw away a 1-0 lead to lose 2-1 at Burnley. Speaking of Liverpool, the Reds proved once again they’re unstoppable by beating Man United 2-0 at Anfield in an exciting clash.
Here are the best stats from the weekend showdown.
Liverpool 2-0 Man Utd – All the standout stats from the Reds’ win
Liverpool showed once again that they are unstoppable, beating Man United 2-0 on Sunday. It did not take long for the Anfield side to break the deadlock, scoring in the 14th minute via a Van Dijk header. That strike saw Klopp’s side become the first team to score in all of their opening 22 games in almost two decades.
22 – Liverpool have now scored in each of their 22 Premier League games this season; the first side to do so in the Premier League from the beginning of a season since Arsenal in 2001-02, who netted in all 38 games of a title-winning campaign. Ceaseless. #LIVMUN pic.twitter.com/y1fuSSOa1F
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 19, 2020
The Reds had to wait until the dying minutes of stoppage time to double their lead, with Alisson’s brilliant pass to Salah resulting in the second goal. The Brazilian shot-stopper became the first Liverpool goalkeeper to assist a goal since Pepe Reina in March 2010, almost 10 years ago.
And that’s how the game ended. The Reds kept a clean sheet, becoming the first team in over a decade to register seven consecutive Premier League clean sheets.
Liverpool are the first team for over a decade to keep 7 successive PL clean sheets - the best run since Man Utd’s PL record 14 successive games without conceding from Nov 2008-Feb 2009 pic.twitter.com/vXwVQdCtIE
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) January 19, 2020
Man City 2-2 Crystal Palace – Disappointing result but memorable game for Aguero
Sergio Aguero recently made history after his hat-trick against Aston Villa in the previous round, becoming the all-time leading non-English goal scorer in the Premier League. After the 2-2 draw with Palace, the Argentine became the outright fourth-leading scorer in Premier League history behind Shearer, Rooney, and Cole.
Sergio Aguero scored his th goal for #MCFC today.
— ManCityzens (@ManCityzenscom) January 18, 2020
He is now the outright th top scorer in Premier League history:
Alan Shearer
Wayne Rooney
Andy Cole
Sergio Aguero pic.twitter.com/S8RuuLH0iR
Watford 0-0 Tottenham – the silver lining in Spurs’ disappointing draw
It was another setback in Tottenham’s top-four hopes. The north London outfit traveled to Watford but could not score in the absence of talisman forward Harry Kane. However, Spurs registered an away clean sheet for the first time since after 18 failed attempts.
@SpursOfficial have ended a run of @premierleague away games without a clean sheet, their longest top division run since April 1977 pic.twitter.com/oaS9jVmmQE
— Sky Sports Statto (@SkySportsStatto) January 18, 2020
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea – Lampard loses unbeaten run vs Steve Bruce
Frank Lampard had never lost a single game against Steve Bruce as both a player and manager until Saturday. His Chelsea side visited Newcastle but conceded a late goal to lose 1-0. All good records must come to an end.
Frank Lampard’s record against Steve Bruce as a player in the Premier League: 13 wins, 4 draws.
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 18, 2020
Frank Lampard’s record against Steve Bruce as a manager in the Premier League: 1 win, 1 loss.
Super Frank tastes defeat against Steve Bruce for the first time. pic.twitter.com/OVwcbxivLw