Leicester City players enjoy a 3-1 victory over title challengers Manchester
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Numbers. They used them for everything in football, to keep score, to identify players, to measure the nets, to buy boots that fit the players... And to recap last weekend's top European leagues:
10. 10 for: Barcelona went on a ten game winning streak with a 2-0 win over Levante on Sunday as Lionel Messi racked his tenth assist of the season. Oh, and Messi wears number...
9. Nine for: Luka Modric's ninth goal for Real Madrid gave Zinedine Zidane's side a narrow 2-1 win against Ganada on Sunday. The Croatian was born on the ninth day of the ninth month in 1985.
8. Eight for: Manchester United got their eighth draw of the season against Chelsea on Sunday at Stamford Bridge, mainly because of the eighth year goalkeeper David de Gea's breathtaking performance. Watch De Gea in action:
If only my doctor was this good with his gloves.
7. Seven for: Liverpool fans walked out of Anfield in the 77th minute during the Sunderland game because the club announced that they will raise the redeveloped Main Stand ticket price to 77 pounds. The Reds were up 2-0. But not long after the mass walkout, they conceded two goals in seven minutes. The game ended 2-2.
6. Six for: 6' 3 Robert Huth had a brace in Leicester's 3-1 victory over Manchester City as the Foxes move six points clear on top of the league on Feb. 6. Yup, a hat-trick of six.
5. Five for: Pep Guardiola's side Bayern Munich failed to win for the fifth match this season (not including friendlies), tying to fifth placed Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 at BayArena. This happened five days after the press confirmed that the Spaniard coach will manage Manchester City five months from now.
4. Four for: Congratulations to Fernando Torres for breaking his four months 100th goal delay for Atletico Madrid Saturday. The 30-year old tallied his 100th goal for the club against Eibar.
Fernando Torres celebrates his 100th goal for Atletico Madrid. Photo: Reuters/Javier Barbancho
El Nino is 100.
Top three goals
3. Riyad Mahrez cuts inside the box before literary lifting the net with a strike.
2. Jesse Lingard side-nets the ball after an unreal turn.
Jesse "180" Lingard.
1. Olympique Lyonnais' Rachid Ghezzal shakes the defender to curl the ball into the side-netting.
Magnifique.
Article taken from Read The Game on availablesports.blogspot.com.
By Onz Chery
Feb 8, 2016
City. Getty Images
Numbers. They used them for everything in football, to keep score, to identify players, to measure the nets, to buy boots that fit the players... And to recap last weekend's top European leagues:
10. 10 for: Barcelona went on a ten game winning streak with a 2-0 win over Levante on Sunday as Lionel Messi racked his tenth assist of the season. Oh, and Messi wears number...
9. Nine for: Luka Modric's ninth goal for Real Madrid gave Zinedine Zidane's side a narrow 2-1 win against Ganada on Sunday. The Croatian was born on the ninth day of the ninth month in 1985.
8. Eight for: Manchester United got their eighth draw of the season against Chelsea on Sunday at Stamford Bridge, mainly because of the eighth year goalkeeper David de Gea's breathtaking performance. Watch De Gea in action:
If only my doctor was this good with his gloves.
7. Seven for: Liverpool fans walked out of Anfield in the 77th minute during the Sunderland game because the club announced that they will raise the redeveloped Main Stand ticket price to 77 pounds. The Reds were up 2-0. But not long after the mass walkout, they conceded two goals in seven minutes. The game ended 2-2.
6. Six for: 6' 3 Robert Huth had a brace in Leicester's 3-1 victory over Manchester City as the Foxes move six points clear on top of the league on Feb. 6. Yup, a hat-trick of six.
5. Five for: Pep Guardiola's side Bayern Munich failed to win for the fifth match this season (not including friendlies), tying to fifth placed Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 at BayArena. This happened five days after the press confirmed that the Spaniard coach will manage Manchester City five months from now.
4. Four for: Congratulations to Fernando Torres for breaking his four months 100th goal delay for Atletico Madrid Saturday. The 30-year old tallied his 100th goal for the club against Eibar.
El Nino is 100.
Top three goals
3. Riyad Mahrez cuts inside the box before literary lifting the net with a strike.
2. Jesse Lingard side-nets the ball after an unreal turn.
Jesse "180" Lingard.
1. Olympique Lyonnais' Rachid Ghezzal shakes the defender to curl the ball into the side-netting.
Magnifique.
Article taken from Read The Game on availablesports.blogspot.com.