The Premier League has restarted after the international break with leaders Liverpool securing a crucial 1-0 win over derby rivals Everton. Following the table toppers, the likes of Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City and Newcastle United also won their respective matches.In Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet in the final of Copa del Rey on April 26 after winning their respective semifinal matches. Arminia Bielefeld, a third division side in Germany, shocked Bayer Leverkusen to qualify for the final where they will meet VfB Stuttgart.
Meanwhile in Coppa Italia, AC Milan and Inter Milan played out a 1-1 draw in their first leg semifinal.Since his Aston Villa debut on February 9, Marco Asensio has scored more goals in all competitions than any Premier League player (8).
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Alexander Isak became the third Newcastle United player to score 10+ goals both home and away in a single Premier League campaign, after Andrew Cole (1993-94) and Alan Shearer (2001-02).
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Liverpool registered their 100th win against Everton in all competitions. Everton are the second side they've beaten 100+ times after with Aston Villa (103).Bukayo Saka has now scored and assisted 10+ goals across all competitions in each of the last three seasons. He's the first Arsenal player to do so since Alexis Sánchez between 2014-15 and 2016-17.
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Arsenal's Ethan Nwaneri (18y 11d) is the second-youngest player across Europe's big five leagues to reach 10 goal involvements across all competitions this season (8 goals, 2 assists), only behind Lamine Yamal (17y 77d).
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In all competitions this season, only Leicester City (25) have conceded the opening goal in more matches among all Premier League sides than Manchester United (23).
Endrick Felipe has scored five goals in five games in the Copa del Rey 2024/25, becoming the first Real Madrid player to score five goals in the same edition of the tournament since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2012/13 (7).
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Antonio Rudiger has scored three headed goals for Real Madrid this season in all competitions, no LaLiga defender has scored more -- three also Eric Garcia, Inigo Martínez and Aitor Paredes.
Vinicius Junior has 11 assists this season in all competitions, equal with Jude Bellingham for the most in the club this season.
This is also third time he registered with 10+ assists for Real Madrid (previously in 2021/2022 & 2022/23).
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In the Top 5 European League this season in all competitions, Lamine Yamal ranks second with the most assists from open play (17, behind Mohamed Salah's 22).
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Barcelona have advanced to Copa del Rey final for the 43rd time in club history, the most by any team.