Full credit to Enrique & PSG & I love how they play but note:
No. of starts:
Dembele: UCL 9, League 9
Mendes: UCL 15, League 13
Marquinhos: UCL 13, League 9
Hakimi: UCL 12, League 15
Neves: UCL 11, League 12
A massive luxury to have when you have such a squad in such a league.
Arteta really needs to get better at freezing players out. It’s probably not very effective to freeze a player out giving a player 9 appearances and 5 starts. This went on for months!
Happy April Fools!
@sports_ref just released a a limited edition, one-day-only line of home goods. You can ***actually*** buy some whacky stuff like shower curtains and throw pillows (the mugs actually look kind of legit.) All proceeds will benefit youth sports!
Link below ⬇️
122 games under Unai Emery is still a purple patch apparently.
Feels like the norm to me now.
Brighton and Brentford have more points than you lot over that time.
#AVFC
Kenan Yıldız is the only player across all leagues and all ages on the @Stathead database to record 20+ Progressive Carries, 10+ Shot-Creating Actions and 10+ Successful Take-Ons in a single game.
If you make that search a Triple-Double, only four different players have recorded 10+ in all three stats in a single Big Five European league game:
✪ Neymar
✪ Lionel Messi
✪ Ousmane Dembélé
✪ Kenan Yıldız
And this stat doesn't even capture the 470 yards of Progressive Carrying Distance, 15 Touches in the Attacking Penalty Area, 8 Passes into the Penalty Area, 7 Carries into the Penalty Area, 6 Shots or 4 Key Passes. Statistically speaking, this is one of the best individual displays we've ever come across.
Read more about the record-breaking display: https://t.co/nJvf45VYAl
Since the start of December, no player has scored more Premier League goals than Ollie Watkins.
Watkins is looking to score in 4+ consecutive appearances in the competition for just the third time, and first since April 2023.
#AVFC
Nuno Tavares as the most viewed player in Main is the funniest and most confusing thing I've seen today. Does he have cousins there?
Amazing stuff from @fbref.
I enjoy @fbref's annual year in review maps. Second year in a row that the Spirit is the most viewed soccer team page in DC!
I would also love to know more about the diehard *checks notes* Paris FC fan holding it down in *checks notes* Arkansas.
Since Rayan Cherki made his debut as a 15-year-old during the 2019/20 season, only eight players with at least 900 minutes across Europe’s Big Five Leagues in that time have averaged 2.5+ Key Passes and 2.5+ Passes into the Penalty Area per 90.
Pep Guardiola: "Crosses are fine, right or left or which part of your feet, it doesn't matter. If it is effective it is fine but I like the simplicity because I learned from Messi that he never makes a mistake with the simple things."
Cherki is one of the most effective players of his generation, rabonas and all: https://t.co/KWPyOwY6t9