The month in numbers
The facts and stats that have caught our eye in the world of football this month...
41
League goals scored by Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski in 2020-21, breaking Gerd Muller’s 49-year record for goals in a single Bundesliga season.
Record breaker… Lewandowski 20
Years since a Spanish side lost a major European final to a nonSpanish team (Bayern Munich beat Valencia in the Champions League back in 2001).
265
In the last three seasons, Liverpool and Manchester City have each collected the exact same number of Premier League points.
36
Geronimo Rulli’s Europa Leaguewinning penalty in the shootout for Villarreal versus Manchester United was the 36th penalty in a row that David De Gea has failed to save.
15
Age of Wisdom Amey, Bologna centre-back who became the youngest player in Serie A history when he made his debut at the end of the season.
2
Andres Iniesta will continue playing until 2023 after signing a new two-year deal at Vissel Kobe.
184
Total Premier League goals scored by departing Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero – one clear of Wayne Rooney’s all-time record for most scored for a single club.
3
By winning the Coppa Italia, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in history to win every domestic honour in three of Europe’s five major leagues: England, Italy and Spain.
7
Consecutive league games that on-loan Arsenal midfielder Joe Willock scored in for Newcastle United, equalling the club record held previously by Alan Shearer.
18
Bundesliga assists for Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller – no player in Europe’s top five leagues created more goals.
1
By scoring in stoppage-time against West Bromwich Albion, Alisson became the first goalkeeper to score a header in Premier League history, and the first Liverpool goalkeeper to score at all.
10
Brentford won in the play-offs for the first time in their history at the tenth time of asking, and will be the 50th team to play in the Premier League after beating Swansea City at Wembley.
6
Coppa Italia crowns won by Gianluigi Buffon, drawing him level with Roberto Mancini as the competition’s most successful player.
100
Penalties scored in the Premier League in 2020-21 – the first campaign in the competition’s history to reach triple figures for penalty goals.
8
Players so far inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame – Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Eric Cantona, Roy Keane, Frank Lampard, Dennis Bergkamp, Steven Gerrard and David Beckham.
13
Seasons in which Lionel Messi has scored 30 or more goals in all comps, with the Argentine also winning a record-extending eighth Pichichi trophy.
1.4m
Sum in pounds that Inter Miami were fined after an inquiry into their signing of Blaise Matuidi.
24
Cruz Azul, Mexico’s fourth most successful team, finally ended their 24-year wait for the Liga MX trophy and ended their “curse”.