Premier League 2018/19: 5 statistics from matchday 5

With the Premier League action back after the international break, the first day of the gameweek 5 ended with victories for Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City.

One of the most anticipated fixtures of the season so far, Liverpool vs Tottenham was played out yesterday. And it didn't disappoint, the match ended in a 2-1 win for the Reds, who maintained their 100% record for the season.

This Matchweek which will be over on Monday has been already full of exciting moments. Hazard scored the first hat-trick of this season, Wilfred Zaha, who was back from his injury, scored a stunning individual goal against Huddersfield. But other than the goals scored, the obvious scorelines, there were a lot of statistics that might have gone unnoticed.

Well, all of us love watching a football match, but after it is over, we don't think a lot about it. Media reports the scoreline, the analysis, goal highlights, but sometimes the stats that these fixtures generate are much more interesting than the match results themselves.

So, let us look at 5 of the interesting statistics from the gameweek 5, which might have been overlooked by the fans.

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#5 Important victory for Jurgen Klopp at Wembley

As a manager, Klopp had never won a game at Wembley before

Jurgen Klopp is a manager who is quite familiar with the Wembley stadium. But, unfortunately for him, he recalls his games at Wembley for all the wrong reasons.

He lost what was arguably the most important match of his managerial career, the UEFA Champions League final in 2013, as Borussia Dortmund manager to bitter rivals, Bayern Munich here.

But all that changed yesterday when Liverpool beat Spurs 2-1. With that Klopp was finally able to overcome his Wembley 'curse'.

#4 Liverpool vs Tottenham match saw the highest attendance so far

This fixture in Matchweek saw the highest turnout by fans so far this season

The opening fixture of Matchweek 5 saw Liverpool take on Tottenham Hotspurs. A match between two of the biggest clubs in the PL right now.

A staggering 80,188 people turning up to see this historic win, which saw Liverpool extend their 100% record to 5 matches now.

As of now, this is the Premier League attendance record for the ongoing season and also one of the highest attendance recorded in Tottenham's history.

#3 Hazard scores his First Hat-trick of the season

Hazard has emerged as one of the most important Chelsea players over the years

With a hat-trick in the 4-1 win over Cardiff City, Eden Hazard became only the fourth player ever to score two hat-tricks for the Blues.

He joined the exclusive group of Chelsea legends - Drogba, Lampard and Hasslebaink, to have scored two or more hat-tricks for the Blues, according to OptaJoe. The Belgium captain had scored his first hat-trick back in February 2014.

#2 Liverpool and Chelsea extend 100% record to 5 matches

Liverpool and Chelsea are the only teams with 100% record after Watford were beaten by Manchester United. (Image Courtesy: B/R Football)

For the first time in the Premier League history, two teams have had such a bright start to their seasons. Few teams have had an unbeaten and 100% starts to their season before, but never before have two teams managed that in the same season simultaneously.

Both Liverpool and Chelsea have made history this season and set a record as the two teams to have 100% record even after 5 league games simultaneously. This start has been the best for the Reds since 1990.

#1 Liverpool vs Tottenham is now the highest scoring fixture in Premier League history

The all-time record for most goals scored in a fixture is now held by Liverpool vs Tottenham

The top statistic from the gameweek is the historic goal-scoring achievement by the Liverpool and Tottenham teams.

As reported earlier here on Sportskeeda, before yesterday's match, Liverpool vs Tottenham was the second highest goal scoring fixture of all time in the PL. And with 3 goals scored yesterday, it became the highest goal scoring fixture in PL history with 152 goals scored overall.