What went down this weekend in football?

Manchester United make the wrong kind of history, Kylian Mbappe reaches new goal-scoring heights and Barcelona distance their La Liga lead. 

The footy is coming thick and fast in a season that has just seemed to pick up after the 2022 Soccer World Cup.

Sunday night summed up the Premier League’s historical volatility and unpredictability as a struggling Liverpool side put seven goals past a Manchester United team fresh off a Caribou Cup win and enjoying an impressive unbeaten streak across tournaments.

Liverpool looked far from the side that has suffered some terrible defeats this season, while United looked nothing like a team third on the table. Such is the nature of the Premier League!

Read more at SA Soccer Mag:

https://www.soccermag.com/tournaments/premier-league/liverpool-rewrite-record-books-in-7-0-thrashing-of-man-utd/

In Ligue 1, Kylian Mbappe continues to climb PSG’s goal scoring ladder, taking it to heights unreached in the club’s history. Scoring his 201st goal in PSG’s 4-2 win over Nantes, Mbappe became the top goal scorer in the club’s history. Of course, Lionel Messi was on the scoreboard once again too, as the old and new guard of Messi and Mbappe continue to fire for Paris Saint-Germain.

Read more at SA Soccer Mag:

https://www.soccermag.com/tournaments/ligue1/mbappe-breaks-psg-goal-record-in-win-over-nantes/

Barcelona, despite being reduced to 10 men, hung on to a 1-0 lead against Valencia, with the win moving them nine-points clear of second-place Real Madrid in the La Liga standings.

Read more at SA Soccer Mag

https://www.soccermag.com/news/barca-beat-valencia-move-nine-points-clear-as-madrid-stumble/

Watch:

La Liga Highlights: Atletico put six past sorry Sevilla