The 1,084 goals scored in this season’s Premier League were a record for a 20-team season.
Abdoulaye Doucoure’s crucial goal for Everton against Bournemouth on Sunday, which clinched the Toffees’ survival, also meant the league surpassed the previous high of 1,072 in 2018-19.
Here, the PA news agency looks at how it happened.
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Erling Haaland has rewritten the individual record books and his exploits for Manchester City have now helped create a new league record as well.
The Norwegian’s 36 goals led the way, with Harry Kane a distant second in the Golden Boot race despite scoring 30 for Tottenham.
Ivan Toney netted 20 for Brentford before starting his eight-month betting suspension, with Mohamed Salah (19) and Callum Wilson (18) com…
Argentina are preparing to defend their Copa America title, but Lionel Messi is staying realistic ahead of their opening match against Canada on Thursday.
The Albiceleste beat Brazil 1-0 in the final in 2021 to win the title for the first time since 1993 before going on to lift the World Cup just over a year later.
Since their victory over France in December 2022, Argentina have remained in strong form, losing just one of their 14 matches in all competitions and winning the other 13.
Messi, who will become the Copa America s all-time record appearance-maker when he next features in the tournament, says he expects to face a tough challenge to retain the trophy.
Argentina are always favourites, Messi said. I think it is going to be a very eventful tourname…
Tottenham are set to play 2017-18 home games away from White Hart Lane as plans for a new stadium on the site are to go to the High Court.
A compulsory purchase order (CPO) was pushed through by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles in July to allow Tottenham to press ahead with construction work that was hoped to be completed by 2017.
However, landowners Archway Sheet Metal Works Ltd and the Josif family have exercised their right to challenge the CPO in the High Court, meaning that the project will now be subject to further delays.
As a result, Tottenham s hopes of continuing playing at White Hart Lane while work is carried out have now been shelved in order to speed up the construction time, leaving the Premier League club wi…
Joachim Low said Germany will perform differently when they face England in the Euro 2020 knockout stage, after an error-strewn performance against Hungary.
Leon Goretzka scored a late equaliser to salvage a 2-2 draw at Allianz Arena, where Hungary twice took the lead in Munich on Wednesday.
But Low was pleased with the way Germany, who reached the semi-finals of the last two European Championships, fought back to claim a draw that secured second place in Group F, behind France.
We had an extremely good attitude; we made mistakes, but we fought, Germany head coach Low told reporters.
It wasn t a game for the faint of heart. We knew that Hungary would give everything and that it would be as close as it was.
To get through this group in the end, …
Having won an unprecedented fourth straight Premier League title last season, Manchester City have wasted no time in stealing a march on their rivals in 2024-25.
As the only team to register a perfect four wins from four matches, City already boast a two-point lead over their closest challengers, the identity of whom also comes as no surprise.
Such has been City s brilliance, that amassing 173 points across the last two seasons has not been enough for Arsenal to end their long wait for a Premier League crown.
However, last week s North London Derby victory over Tottenham saw them display all the hallmarks of potential champions, keeping their fierce rivals at arm s length in a composed performance as Gabriel Magalhaes header made the difference.
But can …
Eventually managing to hold off Liverpool by a single point as they reclaimed their Premier League crown last season, Manchester City will be desperate to defend their title in the 2022/23 campaign.
However, with both of the top-flight giants already welcoming their own new attacking icons to England, many are expecting another title chase for the ages.
With Liverpool breaking the bank as they snapped up Benfica s Darwin Nunez in a deal that could be worth up to €100million, the 23-year-old isn t the only superstar striker that will be torturing Premier League defences next season.
In what was an announcement that certainly sent shockwaves across the footballing globe, Manchester City added a certain to their ranks after triggering the 21-year-old s £51.5mil…
It s over. The European Championship, officially labelled as Euro 2020 due to the reason most obvious, came to its end on Sunday evening as Italy took the trophy and the crown of the continent from England, back to Rome. The prophecy the Azzurri fans had come up with in response to England s It s coming home It s coming to Rome has been proven true.
It was a rather exciting tournament, with plenty of good football and a few surprises along the way, two ingredients necessary to make an exciting international tournament. Mind, not everything went exactly as planned and not all we saw was positive. Let s take it from the start.
Christian Eriksen
Italy had comprehensively beaten Turkey in the tournament opener and Wales had just drawn with Switzerland, when the fateful cla…
Moussa Sissoko scored a brace as Newcastle defeated Chelsea 3-2 at St James Park
Yesterday’s Premier League games produced another goal fest. One of the games of the day came at St James Park, where Newcastle defeated Chelsea 3-2.
The home side gained the lead on 41 minutes. Davide Santon produced superb cross that has headed past Petr Cech by Jonas Gutierrez.
Ten minutes into the second half and the visitors were back on level terms. Full-back Ashley Cole found Frank Lampard, who fired home a stunning swerving effort from 25 yards. The Blues looked to have turned the game around on 61 minutes.
Much-maligned Fernando Torres found Juan Mata and the Spaniard curled home a sumptuous effort from inside the penalty area. That lead didn’t last long though …
The current Premier League season has become the most goal-laden 20-team campaign in the competition s history, with Harry Maguire the unlikely man to seal 2023-24 s place in history.
Maguire scored Manchester United s first equaliser as they twice fought from behind to clinch a 4-2 win over Sheffield United on Wednesday, with Bruno Fernandes netting twice in the second half.
The centre-back s 42nd-minute header was a significant moment, representing the 1,085th goal scored in the Premier League this term.
That is the most ever scored in a season containing 20 teams, since 1995-96.
1085 Harry Maguire s goal was the 1085th scored in the Premier League season, the most in a 20-team campaign in the competition s history. Record.
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A vital game in the AFC East opens the 2021 NFL betting schedule when the Miami Dolphins come to Foxborough to face the New England Patriots in Week 1.
These divisional rivals are likely chasing Buffalo in the standings and find themselves in a race for second place right out of the gate, with bookies setting the Patriots as 2.5-point favorites for this season opener.
Two young former Alabama quarterbacks share the spotlight, with Miami leaning on Tua Tagovailoa and New England opting to start rookie Mac Jones. These are our free NFL picks and predictions for Dolphins at Patriots on Sunday, September 12 with kickoff at 4:25 p.m. ET.
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