Premier League data dive: Rashford matches Ronaldo feat as United stun City in Manchester derby

The
in-form
England
international
moved
into
early-career
Cristiano
Ronaldo
territory
by
scoring
in
a
seventh
consecutive
game
for
United,
who
have
won
nine
in
a
row
across
all
competitions.

Elsewhere
in
the
Premier
League,
Liverpool’s
campaign
continued
to
unravel
as
they
were
battered
3-0
at
Brighton
and
Hove
Albion,
and
their
neighbours
Everton
remain
in
deep
relegation
trouble
after
a
home
loss
to
fellow
strugglers
Southampton.

Another
derby
saw
Nottingham
Forest
get
the
better
of
Leicester
City,
with
Steve
Cooper’s
team
beginning
to
get
a
foothold
in
mid-table.

With
the
help
of
Opta
data,
Stats
Perform
examines
key
statistics
from
the
Saturday’s
standout
Premier
League
games.

Manchester
United
2-1
Manchester
City:
Making
his
Marc
again

Rashford
has
been
a
shining
light
for
United
since
returning
from
the
World
Cup,
scoring
in
all
seven
games
for
Erik
ten
Hag’s
team.

He
is
the
first
United
player
since
Ronaldo
in
March-April
2008
to
put
together
such
a
streak,
while
his
run
of
goals
in
nine
consecutive
games
at
Old
Trafford
makes
him
the
club’s
first
player
since
Teddy
Sheringham
in
September-November
2000
to
enjoy
that
level
of
home
form.

Bruno
Fernandes
got
the
equaliser,
after
an
opener
from
City’s
Jack
Grealish,
with
Rashford
not
flagged
offside
in
the
build-up
after
chasing
the
ball
but
not
getting
a
touch
prior
to
his
Portuguese
team-mate
lashing
past
Ederson.

Rashford’s
close-range
winner
soon
after,
in
the
82nd
minute,
was
set
up
by
Alejandro
Garnacho,
who
at
18
years
and
197
days
became
the
youngest
player
to
provide
an
assist
in
a
Premier
League
Manchester
derby.

City
had
just
one
shot
on
target,
their
joint-fewest
in
a
Premier
League
match
under
Pep
Guardiola.

Kevin
De
Bruyne
set
up
Grealish’s
headed
opener,
reaching
double
figures
in
Premier
League
assists
for
a
fifth
season,
with
only
Cesc
Fabregas
(6)
doing
so
in
more
campaigns,
but
that
was
of
no
consolation
as
City
saw
their
title
hopes
dented.

Brighton
and
Hove
Albion
3-0
Liverpool:
Worth
the
wait
for
Seagulls

Jurgen
Klopp’s
reaction
summed
it
up,
when
he
said:
“I
think
everybody
with
a
Brighton
shirt
on
or
a
Brighton
heart
enjoyed
the
game
a
lot
and
I
don’t
think
anybody
with
a
Liverpool
heart
enjoyed
it
for
a
second.”

This
was
a
horror
show
for
the
Reds,
suffering
their
first
league
defeat
at
Brighton
since
January
1961
(3-1).
Liverpool
had
gone
10
unbeaten
away
to
the
Seagulls
in
the
league
before
Solly
March’s
double
and
Danny
Welbeck’s
sublime
goal
left
them
reeling.

Liverpool
have
suffered
six
defeats
now
in
18
games
in
the
competition
this
term,
three
times
as
many
losses
as
they
incurred
in
the
entire
2021-22
Premier
League
campaign.
It
was
a
fifth
league
loss
away
from
Anfield,
their
worst
season
total
since
also
losing
five
in
2017-18.
This
season
is
not
yet
at
its
halfway
point
for
Liverpool,
who
sit
ninth.

This
game
kicked
off
at
3pm
locally.
It
was
the
first
Saturday
3pm
league
game
Liverpool
have
lost
since
going
down
2-0
to
Hull
in
February
2017,
ending
a
32-game
undefeated
streak
in
that
slot.

March
has
four
goals
in
his
last
four
games,
which
is
as
many
as
he
managed
in
his
first
156
in
the
Premier
League.

Everton
1-2
Southampton:
Ward-Prowse
piles
on
misery
for
Lampard

Sitting
second-bottom
now,
Everton
are
having
a
dismal
time
of
it
under
Frank
Lampard’s
leadership,
losing
four
league
games
in
a
row
at
home
for
the
first
time
since
a
seven-game
streak
in
1958.
They
are
winless
in
seven
in
the
league,
their
worst
run
since
an
eight-game
sequence
under
Rafael
Benitez
in
October-December
2021.

Amadou
Onana
put
the
hosts
ahead,
becoming
the
fourth
Belgian
player
to
score
for
Everton
in
the
Premier
League,
after
Romelu
Lukaku,
Kevin
Mirallas
and
Marouane
Fellaini.

But
Saints
captain
James
Ward-Prowse
then
took
over,
netting
twice
including
the
16th
direct
free-kick
goal
of
his
Premier
League
career,
putting
him
just
two
behind
David
Beckham’s
competition
record.

It
was
his
12th
such
goal
in
away
games,
more
than
any
player
has
managed
in
the
Premier
League,
and
only
Matt
Le
Tissier
(44)
has
managed
more
away
goals
in
the
Premier
League
era
for
Southampton
than
Ward-Prowse’s
haul
of
28.

Nottingham
Forest
2-0
Leicester
City:
Johnson’s
derby
delight

Brennan
Johnson
hit
both
goals
in
the
East
Midlands
showdown,
doubling
his
Premier
League
tally
for
the
season
and
becoming
the
second-youngest
Forest
player
to
score
twice
in
a
Premier
League
game
(21y
236d).
Roy
Keane,
who
struck
a
double
against
Leeds
in
December
1992
(21y
117d),
remains
the
youngest.

Morgan
Gibbs-White,
at
22
years
and
352
days,
became
the
youngest
to
have
two
assists
in
a
Premier
League
game
for
Forest.

Leicester
are
free-falling,
with
this
a
fourth
consecutive
league
defeat.
Remarkably,
it
is
not
yet
their
worst
run
of
the
campaign,
having
lost
six
in
a
row
in
August
and
September.

They
have
yet
to
win
a
point
this
season
from
a
losing
position,
the
only
Premier
League
team
to
fail
on
that
count.