Marcus Rashford has now provided as many Premier League assists for Aston Villa as he has for Manchester United this season (1).

Fantastic work to set up Marco Asensio. 👏

FT: Aston Villa 2-1 Chelsea

Chelsea have now failed to win any of their last four Premier League games in which they led at half-time (L2 D2). 👀

Despite coming on at HT, Marcus Rashford created more chances than any other Aston Villa player against Chelsea (3). 

His game by numbers:

45 mins played 
15/16 passes completed 
5 touches in opp. box 
3 chances created
3 crosses 
3x possession won 
2 duels won 
2 successful take-ons 
2 assists 

He now has more league assists for Villa (2) than Man Utd (1) this season. 🅰️🅰️

Marco Asensio's game by numbers vs. Chelsea:

23/27 passes completed 
4x possession won 
3 shots
2 shots on target 
2 chances created 
2 touches in opp. box 
2 goals 

His first Villa goals. 😍

Against Arsenal, Ollie Scarles became the first defender to make 6+ tackles and 6+ interceptions in a Premier League game since Luke Thomas vs. Tottenham in May 2021. 

His game by numbers: 

9x possession won 
7 interceptions 
7 duels won 
6 tackles
5 final third entries 
1 foul
1x dribbled past  

This was his first ever Premier League start. 🤯

Only Savinho (5) has provided more Premier League assists at the Etihad this season than Ederson (3). 🤯

If he assists vs. Liverpool, he will become the first GK in the competition's history to assist in three consecutive PL games. 🧤

Newcastle XI: Pope; Livramento, Schär, Burn, Hall; Miley, Bruno Guimaraes, Willock; Murphy, Gordon, Isak.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels; Williams, Murillo, Milenković, Aina; Andersen, Dominguez, Gibbs-White; Elanga, Hudson-Odoi, Wood.

🏆 Premier League Matchweek 26

ON THIS DAY: In 2008, Fernando Torres became the first Spanish player to score a Premier League hat-trick. 

He scored all three goals in a 3-2 win over Middlesbrough at Anfield.🎩🇪🇸

Alexander Isak's first-half by numbers vs Nottingham Forest:

27 touches
7 touches in opp. box
3 shots
2 shots on target
2 goals

50 not out... 🇸🇪

Number of games played before scoring 50 Premier League goals:

◎ 48 - Erling Haaland
◎ 65 - Andy Cole
◎ 66 - Alan Shearer
◎ 68 - Ruud Van Nistelrooy
◎ 72 - Mo Salah
◎ 72 - Fernando Torres
◉ 76 - Alexander Isak

ELITE.

Man City XI: Ederson; Khusanov, Ake, Gvardiol, Lewis; Gonzalez, Foden, De Bruyne; Doku, Savinho, Marmoush.

Liverpool XI: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson; Jones, Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Szoboszlai, Diaz, Salah.

🏆 Premier League Matchweek 26

FT: Newcastle 4-3 Nottingham Forest

The away side much better in the second-half, but Newcastle take the 3 points!

Lewis Hall vs Nottingham Forest:

◉ Most touches (93)
◉ Most tackles won (5)
◉ Most crosses (8)
◎ Joint-most duels won (10)
◎ Joint-most chances created (3)

Fantastic game. 👏

Mohamed Salah is the first player in Premier League history to register 40+ goal involvements in TWO Premier League seasons:

◎ 42 in 2017/18
◉ 40 in 2024/25 

Another day, another unbelievable Mo Salah record. 🤯

Mohamed Salah has provided more assists in 2024/25 than any other Liverpool player has in a single Premier League campaign.

Steve McManaman’s record of 15 from 1995/96 has FINALLY been broken. 🙌

FT: Man City 0-2 Liverpool

Liverpool go 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League, and 20 points clear of Manchester City...

Liverpool's 11-point lead at the top of the Premier League is their largest lead over second place at the end of a day since the final day of the 2019-20 campaign (18), when they last won the title.

🏆⏳

The records that Mohamed Salah set vs. Manchester City tonight:

◉ Mo Salah is the first player in Premier League history to register 40+ goal involvements in TWO different seasons.

◉ Mo Salah is the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to be directly involved in 50 goals across all competitions in 2024/25. 

◉ Mo Salah has now scored AND assisted in 11 Premier League games this season, the most by a player in a single season in one of Europe's big five leagues since Lionel Messi for Barcelona in 2014/15 (11). 

◉ Mo Salah has provided more assists in 2024/25 than any other Liverpool player has in a single Premier League campaign (16).

◉ Mo Salah is the first player in Premier League history to score AND assist in both games against the reigning champions in a season.

◉ Mo Salah is the first player to score 25+ goals and register 15+ assists in a Premier League season. 

Is this the greatest individual season in the Premier League... ever?

Mo Salah has now recorded 41 goal involvements in 2024/25 in just 27 appearances.

The Premier League record is 47, can anything stop him from beating it?

ON THIS DAY: In 2008, Jonathan Woodgate scored an extra-time winner as Tottenham beat Chelsea at Wembley to win the EFL Cup. 

It remains the last major trophy that the club won.🏆