The Best Stats, Facts and Info from the Weekend's Football
What a weekend it was.
We saw scoring streaks extended, last-minute goals, stroppy managers, perfect hat-tricks and fans in fancy dress.
To celebrate another wild weekend in Europe's big leagues, we've taken a look at some of the more interesting facts and figures to emerge from the action.
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Here are some of the best factoids and tidbits to discuss around the water cooler on Monday morning.
Cristiano Ronaldo Loves La Liga
When he netted against Las Palmas on Saturday afternoon, Cristiano Ronaldo scored against his 30th Primera Division opponent, a record that includes each of the 2015/16 competitors.
Real went on to win 3-1 and move to the top of the table, though Las Palmas did put an end to one of Rafa Benitez's team's impressive defensive records.
Mesut Ozil Rolling for the Gunners
Arsenal's record signing, Mesut Ozil, was at it again, setting up two of the Gunners' goals in the 3-0 win over Swansea City on Saturday.
Ozil is now leading Europe in assists, his nine trumping the six held by Douglas Costa, Raffael and team-mate Santi Cazorla.
He has the best ratio of games to assists in Premier League history.
Neymar Fills the Messi Void
With Lionel Messi out injured, it's handy Barcelona have two more of the world's best forwards to call on.
Neymar and Luis Suarez scored to put Getafe away on Saturday night, the latter now having scored five goals in his last three league games.
But it's the form of the 23-year-old Brazilian that has caught the eye. Neymar has played a part in a dozen of Barca's last 13 goals.
Arsene Wenger's Scrabble Challenge
Olivier Giroud's goal against Swansea was the 2,000th Arsenal strike under Arsene Wenger in all competitions, but all eyes (well, one pair of eyes) were on another of the Frenchman's moves.
Alex Iwobi's stoppage-time introduction made him the first outfield player to feature in one of Wenger's Premier League teams without any of the letters that make up "Arsenal" in his surname.
The more you know...
Spurs Keep Their Crown as Bayern Falter
Bayern Munich drew a blank in their stalemate with Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday night, which made them slightly less of a shoo-in for the Bundesliga crown and ended their hopes of matching Tottenham Hotspur's record run to start a domestic season.
Pep Guardiola's 100 per cent start to the league campaign ended at 10 games, one shy of Spurs' 1960-61 record.
Cue uncomfortable club-to-club Twitter banter.
Philipp Lahm Has It Under Control
Twenty-four games.
That's how long Philipp Lahm went without committing a Bundesliga foul, a record that ended when he hauled down Stefan Aigner of Frankfurt on Friday.
Hazard and Mourinho Are Under the Pump
Eden Hazard was hauled off by Jose Mourinho after a crushingly anonymous hour of Chelsea's 3-1 loss to Liverpool on Saturday.
It's not all sunshine and rainbows for his boss, though. Mourinho's six losses this season matches his worst effort as Chelsea manager. He's only got at least 27 games left of the campaign.
Manchester United Are Putting Fans to Sleep
Louis van Gaal's side's goalless draw against Crystal Palace on Saturday means Manchester United have drawn three successive games 0-0.
That's the first time that's happened since the 2004-05 season, when United were held to stalemates against Spurs, Chelsea and the mighty Exeter City.
The Red Devils are also the only Premier League team not to have scored from outside the box this season, which might make Paul Pogba's efforts in Serie A a little harder to swallow.
Jamie Vardy Leads Comeback Specialists Leicester
The leading scorer in the Premier League this season is not Wayne Rooney, Diego Costa or Sergio Aguero, but Leicester City's Jamie Vardy.
The Englishman has scored in eight Premier League games running, a record only bettered by Ruud van Nistelrooy and Daniel Sturridge.
The Foxes came from behind to snatch three points, a position they're getting more and more familiar with, against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday.
Juventus in Unfamiliar Territory
For 22 long years, Juventus have always been the big brothers in the Turin derby.
But for the first time in Paul Pogba's lifetime, Juve went into Saturday night's derby behind Torino in Serie A.
It mattered for little, with Juan Cuadrado's late show pinching the points for the Bianconeri, who jumped above their cross-town rivals on goal difference.
Ivory Coast Set Premier League Record Thanks to Kone
Arouna Kone put Everton on their way to a 6-2 thrashing of Sunderland on Sunday, and the Ivorian's treble set a record, as he became the fifth player from his country to score a hat-trick in the Premier League.
And he's not the only Toffee with the magic touch, it seems.
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