In the early hours of Thursday morning, a new round of matches in Europe's top five leagues continued and went on, with Arsenal winning the London derby and Haaland continuing to erupt, breaking the record twice.
Arsenal win the derby and return to the most familiar position
In the London derby, Arsenal beat Moyes' West Ham 2-0 at home. Martinelli received an assist from Lacazette to break the deadlock. Smith Rowe extended the score to become the team's top scorer with 6 goals.
Of the 23 goals of Arteta's side this season, 10 have been scored by U21 players, the most in the Premier League. After this battle, they returned to the most familiar position - the fourth place!
The master of free kicks scored a goal to match C Ronaldo Messi
Southampton drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace, with England international Ward Prouss scoring a brilliant free-kick straight at goal. It was his 11th free-kick in the Premier League, equaling Cristiano Ronaldo and tied for fourth in Premier League history, while the record was Beckham's 18 goals.
Since the 2019-20 season, Prouss has scored seven direct free kicks in the Premier League, the most in the same period, the second most in the five major leagues in Europe, only one goal less than Messi (8).
Haaland doubled, breaking the team's all-time record
In the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund beat Fürth 3-0, Haaland first scored with a penalty, then received a free kick and crossed the header into the net, scoring twice, and this season's Bundesliga has been 13 goals in 10 games!
Throughout 2021, the Norwegian genius made 30 appearances in the league and scored 30 goals, surpassing Aubameyang in 2015 and breaking the team's record for a single natural year of goals! Since joining, he has made 74 appearances for Dortmund, scoring 76 goals, averaging more than 1 goal per game!