Cesar Azpilicueta and Alvaro Morata inseparable, Mohamed Salah the counter-attack king and David Silva Manchester City’s best-kept secret… nine amazing stats from this week’s Premier League
ANOTHER exciting Premier League weekend is done and dusted... and it's fair to say it was a cracker, for the most part.
3pm on Saturday aside, with all four games ending as quiet 1-0s, the weekend was breathless.
A 2-2 between Stoke and Leicester to kick-off the weekend, before a 4-1 thumping for Liverpool against West Ham at 5.30pm on Saturday saw things start well.
Then Super Sunday lived up to its name, as Tottenham beat Crystal Palace, Manchester City cruised past Arsenal and Chelsea battled beyond Manchester United.
Beleaguered Everton then came from 2-0 to win 3-2 against Watford... with the Hornets spurning a chance to equalise from the spot in the dying seconds.
But superficial scorelines aside, there were some truly bonkers stats from the latest round of Premier League fixtures.
Check out nine of the best quirks from Saturday and Sunday, below...
HAIL, CESAR (AND ALVARO)
MAN UNITED'S horror run at Chelsea continued on Sunday afternoon.
Having won just TWO of their 22 games at Stamford Bridge this century going into the game, Jose Mourinho had hoped to stem the tide.
However, Alvaro Morata scored his first goal since September with a superb header from a tempting ball-in from Cesar Azpilicueta to win the clash.
In doing so, Morata and Azpilicueta became the best twosome in the Premier League so far this season.
The defender has provided FIVE assists for his compatriot league this term... the most by one player for a team-mate in the entire division.
SILVA BULLET
DAVID SILVA'S skill with a football is hardly a secret.
However, with stars around him such as Kevin De Bruyne and Sergio Aguero, he is often forgotten.
Last season, Silva racked up just seven assists in 34 matches as he faded into the background of the Etihad squad.
However, he has been utterly resurgent - or perhaps foolishly overlooked by opponents - and has already matched his 2016-17 tally... in just 11 games.
YOU'RE GUNNER NEED A BIGGER BENCH
ARSENAL didn't have much to shout about this weekend as they struggled to a 3-1 defeat at Man City.
Substitute Alexandre Lacazette scored the Gunners' only goal, as De Bruyne, Aguero and Gabriel Jesus netted for the hosts.
Incredibly, Arsenal's subs have scored 13 goals in the Premier League since 2016-17.
No other top-flight teams have scored more in that time.
Maybe it's time for Arsene Wenger to consider starting some of his bench men... or at least get them on the pitch earlier in the game.
GO ON, MY SON
IN scoring Tottenham's Wembley winner against Crystal Palace, Son Heung-min made a little history.
In finding the back of the net in the gritty win, the Souht Korean became the top scoring Asian in Premier League history.
The Spurs man can now boast a tally of 20 Prem strikes... more than Park Ji-sung (19), Ki Sung-yueng (13) and Shinji Okazaki (12).
SPEEDY SAL
IN case it had escaped your attention, Mohamed Salah is frighteningly fast.
The Egyptian speedster scored twice as Liverpool stormed to a 4-1 win against West Ham on Saturday evening.
Amazingly, there were just 13 seconds between West Ham taking a corner and Mohamed Salah scoring for Liverpool.
And that was the theme for the game, in truth... breathless.
Just 55 seconds separated Manuel Lanzini's goal for West Ham and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's strike for Liverpool.
On top of that the Reds' first and second goals were separated by just two minutes and 37 seconds.
But it was all about Salah for Liverpool... as it has been all season.
The former Roma ace has had a hand in 15 goals in all comps this season (12 goals, three assists), more than any other Liverpool player.
Meanwhile, following yet another heavy defeat for West Ham, Slaven Bilic has now been SACKED as West Ham manager.
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BRIGHT ALRIGHT
HOW about this for a stat: Every, single goal scored in Saturday's 3pm kick-offs was scored by a current or former Brighton player.
Glenn Murray scored for the Seasiders in their 1-0 win away to Swansea, while Rajiv van La Parra scored Huddersfield's winner against West Brom.
Elsewhere, Steve Cook scored Bournemouth's goal against Newcastle and Sam Vokes netted Burnley's clincher against Southampton.
THAT'S RAF
HAVING managed Liverpool for six years, as well as Chelsea and Newcastle, Rafa Benitez has plenty of Premier League experience.
Despite that, the Spaniard's loss to the Cherries was only his FIFTH-ever home defeat on a Saturday in the Premier League.
Three of the other four came in the 2004-05 season while at the Reds, slumping to defeat against Birmingham, Chelsea and Man United.
The only other loss came in the 2006-07 season... again against United.
ONE SWAN TEAM
WHEN it comes to one-man teams, no side is more reliant on one star than Swansea.
It's painfully clear how much the Swans need Tammy Abraham to be firing on all cylinders.
The ex-Chelsea man has been directly involved in 71 per cent of Swansea’s Premier League goals this season (four goals, one assist).
That ratio is the highest in the entire division.
SHOT HORROR
SOUTHAMPTON endured another home horror show, as they slumped to a 1-0 loss against Burnley.
Nathan Redmond copped plenty of flak from Saints fans for his wayward performance, with some calling for him to be dropped.
Along with Huddersfield's Tom Ince, Redmond is the worst finisher in the Premier League - having both taken 27 shots while failing to score a single goal.
