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Rúben Dias is enjoying a fine start to life at Manchester City following his close-season move from Benfica, with City currently the tightest defence in the Premier League.
City have conceded 12 goals in their 13 matches so far in the league this season, and with just one goal against during their last five games, Pep Guardiola’s men are looking an increasingly solid outfit as Dias partners John Stones at the heart of the defence.
Wolverhampton Wanderers’ 2-1 loss to Burnley in the Premier League provided a piece of history as Fábio Silva scored his first goal in the English top flight, breaking two records in the process.
Silva’s late penalty saw him become Wolves’ youngest-ever goalscorer in the Premier League, while also surpassing a record held by Cristiano Ronaldo for over 17 years in the English game.
Bruno Fernandes was in typically productive form for Manchester United on Sunday afternoon, scoring twice and adding an assist for Manchester United in their 6-2 victory over Leeds United in the Premier League.
In some less typical stories across the continent, there was a first goal in Greek football for Bruma with Olympiakos, while Bruno Xadas was a match-winner for Jorge Simão’s Mouscron in Belgian football and there was a long-awaited goal for Bebé in Spain after over a year out with injury.
Rafael Leão made history on Sunday afternoon when he scored after just 6.2 seconds of AC Milan’s win at Sassuolo, breaking the all-time record in Serie A for the quickest goal.
The former Sporting forward raced onto Hakan Çalhanoğlu’s throughball just moments after kick-off before beating Andre Consigli in the Sassuolo goal for his third strike of the league season and new record in the prestigious Italian top flight.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice this weekend for Juventus in their 4-0 win at Parma in Serie A, after which he flew to Monaco to receive the ‘Golden foot’ award in recognition of his performances in 2020.
Ronaldo scored in both halves at the Ennio Tardini Stadium on Saturday evening, taking him to 33 Serie A goals in the calendar year and making him the highest league goalscorer in 2020 across Europe’s major competitions.
