Francesco Totti watched on as his side beat Lazio in the Derby della Captiale this weekend. It was the fifth time this season that Wojciech Szczesny managed to keep a clean sheet, the joint most in Serie A.
In hindsight, it wasn’t the worst thing in the world that the first Clasico of the season was not broadcast on British television. As is often the case with games that have an excessive amount of pre-match buildup, it fell a bit short of expectations. With the clock ticking down it looked like Barcelona would close the gap on Real Madrid - if it weren’t for Sergio Ramos who once again found the back of the net in injury time to rescue a point for his side. The defender has netted 75 times for club and country.
Jose Mourinho’s substitutions did not go to plan on Sunday. Unless that plan was to collect another draw. 1-0 up with 5 minutes to go against Everton, Mourinho brought Marouane Fellaini into the mix - who conceded a penalty to his former side just 4 minutes later. Manchester United have not managed to win consecutive games since September.
A rejuvenated Monaco side are scoring goals for fun in Ligue 1 this season. After putting another 5 past Bastia on Saturday, they have now scored at least 19 more goals than any other team in the league. In their 8 home games this term, they’ve scored 31 times - more than any other side has managed overall in France's top tier.
Despite gifting Manchester City a goal in the first half, Chelsea went on to become the first team to win a Premier League game in Manchester since September, including both City and United. It’s fair to say the hosts were less than impressed by the result with both Sergio Agüero and Fernandinho seeing red during the injury time melee. They were one of just two teams to not receive a single red card in the whole of last season.
West Brom moved up to seventh in the Premier League, just a point behind Manchester United after beating Watford 3-1 at the Hawthorns this weekend.
After making short work of Mainz on Friday night, Carlo Ancelotti has one eye keenly on tomorrow night’s Champions League clash with Atlético Madrid. While the Bavarians fate in Group D has already been set, Ancelotti will want to keep his side’s momentum going.
Bayern’s opponents, Atlético Madrid, could only manage a draw at home to Espanyol this weekend. They have now failed to score in consecutive home La Liga matches for the first time since May 2015 (vs Athletic Club and Barcelona).
This Newcastle fan watched on as his side lost consecutive league matches for the first time since the start of the season. The 2-1 loss to Nottingham Forest saw 2 red cards, 2 saved penalties and an own goal. Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring for Forest, he has had a hand in 3 goals in his 4 home appearances this season.
For the first time in his career, Jack Wilshere found himself on the winning side in a match against Liverpool. The Reds were 3-1 up in the 75th minute, when a strike from sub Ryan Fraser turned the match on its head. The Cherries went on to win 4-3.
