TOP 10 FOOTBALL FACTS FOR THE WEEK
1. Real Madrid have failed to score in consecutive league matches for the first time since 2011.
2. Daniel Sturridge becomes the 7th player to score 50 Premier League goals for Liverpool.
3. Everton have won all 13 of their Premier League home games against Fulham by an aggregate score of 32-7. It is the best 100%-win record against a team on home soil in the Premier League.
4. It’s been 9 years since Cristiano Ronaldo left Man Utd. In those 9 years, seven players have worn the number 7 shirt, managing to score a combined 13 league goals.
5. Liverpool haven’t beaten Chelsea at home in any competition since May 2012 in the Premier League (4-1), drawing six and losing two since.
6. In March 1976 Aston Villa vs Leicester City ended 2-2 with Villa defender Chris Nicholls scoring all 4 goals.
7. Steven Gerrard went his first 21 England games without losing, the longest unbeaten start to an England career by any player.
8. Ipswich town are the only team to have played in all 14 rounds of the FA Cup, from extra preliminary to the final.
9. David Silva was originally a goal keeper before he turned out to be a midfielder.
10. Despite earning about £130,000 a week at Chelsea, N’golo Kante still drives the same mini cooper he bought in 2015, when he signed for Leicester City. (He crashed the car twice!).
