INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THIS WEEKEND FOOTBALL.

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1 - Henrikh Mkhitaryan is the first player to score for and against Manchester United in the same Premier League season. Devilish.

  1. Arsenal are the only side in the top four tiers of English football yet to win a single point in an away league game in 2018 (P6 W0 D0 L6).

3.For the seventh season in a row, Leo Messi has scored 30 goals in LaLiga.

  1. 100 – Teams to score 100+ goals in a single Premier League season:

Chelsea 103 in 2009-10
Man City 102 in 2013-14
Liverpool 101 in 2013-14
Man City 100 in 2017-18

5.The first team in PL history to score 100 goals in two different seasons
-Manchester City.

  1. Manchester City have won 30 #PL matches in 2017-18, equalling the English top-flight record for most league wins in a 38-game season (Chelsea 2016-17)

7.Man Utd completed a #PL double over Arsenal for the first time since 2011-12

  1. I'll stay at United longer than any other club says Mourinho as boss vows to remain at the top of football for at least 10 more years.

9.Carlo Ancelotti 'rejects Italy job' as former Chelsea and Real Madrid manager eyes return to club football.

10.Liverpool tie down Roberto Firmino on a five-year deal as Brazilian performs no-look contract signing.

  1. 100 goals has now been scored in 35 games this season, the quickest an English top-flight side has reached this milestone in a single campaign since Everton in 1931-32 (32 games).

12.Celtic have won their 49th Scottish top-flight title, including winning the league in each of the last seven seasons. Jubilation.

13.Manchester United have failed in a final attempt to keep hold of Marouane Fellaini after he turned down a £140,000-a-week contract offer.

14.The last ten LaLiga champions
2008/09: 🏆 Barcelona
2009/10: 🏆 Barcelona
2010/11: 🏆 Barcelona
2011/12: 🏆 Real Madrid
2012/13: 🏆 Barcelona
2013/14: 🏆 Atlético Madrid
2014/15: 🏆 Barcelona
2015/16: 🏆 Barcelona
2016/17: 🏆 Real Madrid
2017/18: 🏆 Barcelona.