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With the Premier League entering the busiest period of the season, matchday 13 was never going to disappoint any of us. From now to the end of December, the teams in the top-flight will have to play a whopping nine games thanks to the festive period fixture pile-up.
This is quite literally the make or break time for the clubs and managers alike as they prepare to welcome the winter transfer window, which could result in some chopping and changing.
The past weekend in the league presented us with a few surprises and some convincing victories. Here we take a look at the five interesting stats from the weekend:
#5 Arsenal's late affair at Turf Moor
Arsenal's 1-0 win over Burnley, courtesy of a penalty awarded to the Gunners by referee Lee Mason after James Tarkowski was adjudged to have fouled Aaron Ramsey in the 92nd minute, meant that the Gunners had to leave it late to snatch three points at Turf Moor, yet again.
The result meant that all of Arsenal's last three wins against Burnley have come with the help of goals scored in stoppage time. The corresponding fixture last year was won by the Gunners' thanks to a Laurent Koscielny header while Alexis Sanchez, who converted from the spot to give them the win on Sunday, was the difference when the two sides met at the Emirates back in January.
#4 Old Trafford; A fortress under Mourinho
Manchester United continued their 100 percent record at home this season thanks to a scrappy 1-0 win against newly promoted Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday. The Red Devils have won all 7 of their league games at Old Trafford this season and have just conceded a solitary goal, from Dwight Gayle of Newcastle United, during their impressive run.
However, the bigger picture reveals that United have gone 39 games in all competitions without tasting defeat at Old Trafford (W28 D11) and their last setback came at the expense of neighbours Manchester City back in September 2016 - 441 days ago.
#3 Raheem Sterling continues to impress
Raheem Sterling continued his fine form in the weekend against Huddersfield town and capped off a brilliant performance with a late winner at the John Smith's Stadium. It looked like Pep Guardiola's men were heading for their first defeat of the season when Christopher Schindler's header was deflected into his own net by Nicolas Otamendi right at the end of the first half.
However, Sterling had other plans and initiated the City comeback by winning a penalty in the 47th minute which was comfortably converted by Sergio Aguero. The 22-year-old completed the comeback when he scored, rather luckily after the ball looped in off him following a save by Jonas Lossl, in the 84th minute to give City all three points.
The goal took Sterling's tally to 12 goals in 18 appearances (all competitions) for the season; his best ever return in a single season.
#2 Saint Charlie Austin
Southampton secured a thumping win over Everton at home, thanks to two headers in the space of six second-half minutes from the Saints talisman Charlie Austin. The game was tied at 1-1 while the teams headed for the half-time break after goals from Dusan Tadic and Gylfi Sigurdsson for their respective teams.
But, the second half sprung into life when Austin put Southampton ahead in the 52nd minute with a header following a cross from Ryan Bertrand. The 28-year-old scored an identical goal six minutes later, this time from Tadic's ball.
The goal meant that Austin has had a hand in eight goals in his last 11 starts for the Saints in the league (7 goals, 1 assist) and he also became the first player since James Beattie in 2002 to score two headers in the same game for the club.
#1 Man City put an end to a disappointing run
Plenty of records were broken or bettered by City when they completed their comeback against Huddersfield Town on Sunday. But, the sweetest of them all would be one that stretched back to over two decades.
Guardiola's men had fallen behind at half-time for the first time this season and fought their way back to a 2-1 win that resulted in City putting an end to a run of 22 years and 96 games without winning away from home in the Premier League after trailing at half-time.
