Jose Mourinho has received more red cards (2) in the Premier League this season than Manchester United (1). The Portuguese manager was sent to the stands for crimes against water bottles in their 1-1 draw against West Ham by referee John Moss, who was also the referee that sent Mourinho to the stands at Upton Park last season.
Genoa became the first team in 3 years to score more than 2 goals against Juventus in a league match. Giovanni Simeone followed in his father’s footsteps by scoring a brace against the Bianconceri. Diego scored the only goal for Lazio against Juve in April 2000 in a 1-0 win.
A loss to Genoa wasn’t an ideal result for Juventus this week, they still sit comfortably atop Serie A with a 4-point lead. The bigger loss to the reigning champions were injuries to both Dani Alves and highly sought after defender Leonardo Bonucci. The centre-back has completed more passes in his own half (2899) than any other player in the last 3 Serie A seasons .
Barcelona once again failed to win at Real Sociedad this weekend. They have won none of their last 8 trips to Anoeta leaving themselves 6 points adrift of Real Madrid. This is the first time since 2012 that the Catalans find themselves 6 or more points below the league leaders - when Real Madrid went on to win the title with Jose Mourinho.
Two formidable forwards went head to head at Stamford Bridge this week, but neither Harry Kane nor Diego Costa got onto the scoresheet. Instead little Pedro continued his impressive run of form at home to equalise for Chelsea. The former Barcelona man has had a hand in more goals at home (8) than any other player in the Premier League this season. A second half strike from Victor Moses saw the Blues keep top spot. Despite their best efforts on Saturday it has now been more than 26 years since Spurs left Stamford Bridge with all three points.
Milan won consecutive away games in Serie A for the first time in more than two and half years. Their 4-1 win at Empoli saw Suso once again named man of the match, scoring 1 and assisting 2 more. The Spaniard has had a hand in 7 of Milan’s last 8 goals.
Bob Bradley got his first win - just - in a chaotic game at the Liberty Stadium, beating Crystal Palace 5-4. Alan Pardew’s side have averaged fewer points per game (0.68) than any other team in England in 2016.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s mascot Attila watched over proceedings as the home side climbed from 7th to 4th in a 2-1 over Borussia Dortmund. They are one of seven clubs in the Bundesliga to remain unbeaten at home after 12 matches this season. Die Adler have now won each of their last 3 home games against Borussia Dortmund after winning just 1 of the previous 8.
Edinson Cavani continues to flourish at PSG in the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. A brace against Lyon on Sunday night was enough to see Cavani join Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as the most prolific goal scorers in Europe’s top 5 leagues this season with 13 a piece.
Sunderland officially became James Milner’s favourite club this weekend. He has scored more goals against the Black Cats (6) than any other team he has faced. More impressively Milner has scored against them for 5 different clubs - only the second player to do so, alongside Emile Heskey.
