Also, West Brom midfielder Gareth Barry equaled Ryan Giggs» Premier
League appearance record in his 632nd game.
West Brom, on the night midfielder Gareth Barry broke the Premier
League appearance record, felt they should have been awarded a penalty before the opener when Shkodran Mustafi brought down Jay Rodriguez with a sliding challenge.
He was almost 39 - years old himself when he broke the Premier
League appearance record in 2009 and Cech is a lot better than he ever was, and could even break that record at Arsenal.
Not exact matches
In France Lacazette has a great average
record of a goal every second game for Lyon, but last year he improved immensely and scored an incredible 28 goals in 30
League appearances.
Aubameyang has 22 goals from his 25 Bundesliga outings this term, with a
record better than a goal every 90 minutes at present, while Giroud has 12 goals from his 30
league appearances.
Last season, the forward managed to bag an impressive total of 26 goals and eight assists in 35
league appearances for Torino, a
record of almost one direct goal contribution per game, a very impressive return indeed.
The Swedish striker left the Premier
League in 2011 in favour of a free transfer to Turkey, and has a modest Premier
League record of 18 goals in 92
appearances, 10 of which came during his final season with Bolton.
FC Porto's Iker Casillas started his side's Champions
League group - stage bout with Chelsea on Tuesday evening, breaking the all - time
appearance record for the tournament.
In Porto's opening European Cup fixture — a 2 - 2 draw away at Dyanmo Kyiv — the legendary stopper equalled Xavi's
record of Champions
League appearances, when he made his 151st outing in the competition.
All the more impressive for the number of goals and games, Barcelona star Lionel Messi is top of another list as he holds a
record of 0.81 goals per game in the Champions
League, having scored 74 in just 91
appearances, including two in finals.
The Hackney - born striker failed to score in 15 Premier
League appearances for Norwich City between 1993 and 1994, but a reasonable
record in the lower divisions encouraged Leicester City to spend a club
record # 5.5 m to bring him from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2000.
Consindering he is 24, his
record of 10 goals in 39
appearances last season is hardly earth shattering and would he be likely to improve on that in the Premier
League?
In turn, it's suggested that Mourinho could be ready to make his move for the 28 - year - old, who has a sensational scoring
record of 120
league goals in just 178
appearances.
Anichebe has scored a measly 24
league goals in his 186
appearances so far in his career with Everton and West Bromwich Albion combined, and hardly boasts any kind of
record which would warrant a move to our big club.
His
record certainly suggests that he's a quality young player, scoring 14 goals and providing seven assists in 22 U18 Premier
League appearances, while he's got two goals and two assists in five outings in the UEFA Youth
League.
Ronaldo has a sensational
record of 414 goals in 408
appearances for Real Madrid, helping them to win three Champions
League titles in the last four years.
The 25 year - old has scored 20 goals in his 24
appearances in all competitions this season, continuing his fine goalscoring
record since the 2013 - 14 season, proving to be one of the most prolific goalscorers in Europe's top
leagues.
In the last four years, the former France international has made just 16 Premier
League starts and
recorded only one
appearance in the 2014 - 15 season in the
League Cup.
So the last couple of
appearances from Lacazette have been very encouraging for the Gunners and whereas I thought previously that Arsene Wenger might ease the new striker into Premier
League and first team life with Arsenal, I think we can now expect Lacazette to start the opening game at home to Leicester City on Friday and to quickly show just why the boss broke the club's transfer
record to sign him.
Lampard, widely regarded as one of Chelsea's greatest players, made 648
appearances for the West London club between 2001 and 2014, and holds their goalscoring
record with 211; he is the only midfielder to have scored over 100 goals since the inception of the Premier
League.
The 23 - year - old Argentine international has proven a major disappointment since his move to North London two years ago, the attacker managing just two goals in 38 Premier
League appearances, and hasn't come close to justifying the club
record # 30m (via the Daily Mail) invested in his services.
The 20 year old has netted eight goals in 14 domestic
league appearances, of which half were coming from the bench, and his
record for the Under 21 national team has been equally prolific and Rodgers is keen to bring in the youngster as he seeks to strengthen his attacking options whilst also planning for the future.
In 105
appearances for Jose Mourinho's side, the forward has managed to amass 31 goals and 23 assists for the former Premier
League champions, an impressive
record for a player of his age.
Petr Cech and David Ospina are both «World Class «according to Arsene Wenger, but he has clear favour of the Czech goalkeeper over his rival, and the former Chelsea star's
record speaks for itself, having the most Premier
League clean sheets ever as well as achieving 100 PL clean sheets in the shortest
appearances.
It's been a very successful career, too, with a winning
record, an adjusted ERA better than the
league average, and an All - Star
appearance mixed in.
Former Coventry City stalwart Steve Ogrizovic holds the club
record for the highest number of consecutive
League appearances: 209 from August 1984 to September 1989.
After retiring from football, Burnley's Jerry Dawson - who holds the
record for most
league appearances for The Clarets - became a batsman in the Lancashire League for Burnley Cricket
league appearances for The Clarets - became a batsman in the Lancashire
League for Burnley Cricket
League for Burnley Cricket Club.
They also gave their captain De Rossi the chance to break the club
record for most Champions
League appearances, as DDR equalled Totti's
record last night and will surely go on to make it his own in the next round.
Goals eventually came for Mkhitaryan — the Armenian International's final season in Ukraine showed fans «What he is all about» after netting 29 in over 40
appearances of which 25 were scored in Ukrainian Premier
League which set the
record for most goals scored in a season in Ukraine's Premier Division.
633 — Gareth Barry became the
record holder for most Premier
League appearances of all - time as he started for West Brom at Arsenal on Monday.
While Totti's pursuit of Silvio Piola's scoring
record will ultimately fall flat, Totti already has more
appearances than any attacking outfield player in the history of the
league and is, by any objective measure (bias alert, but not really), the best Italian to ever play the game.
Mourinho was defending Costa's
record of getting booked twice in three
league appearance and his controversial behaviour against the Toffees (click here to read more), but his comments about the # 32m summer signing being the best player in the English top flight at the moment does have merit.
The club's
record signing has now scored six goals in his first six Premier
League appearances (5 starts)-- one less than former club record signing Fernando Torres scored in his first 47 league matches for Ch
League appearances (5 starts)-- one less than former club
record signing Fernando Torres scored in his first 47
league matches for Ch
league matches for Chelsea.
The 37 - year - old USA international goalkeeper will become a Designated Player for the Rapids in MLS's Secondary Transfer Window on July 4, bringing to a close a career in England which has seen him make a Club -
record 352 Premier
League appearances for Everton.
Lauren - A key but largely unheralded member of the Invincibles team of 2003 - 04, Lauren made 32
league appearances during that memorable campaign as Arsenal kept the best defensive
record in the division.
After Heung - Min Son had given us a first - half lead, the prolific England striker netted our second of the game to draw level with Teddy Sheringham on 97 goals in the competition, before breaking the
record 11 minutes later in only his 135th Premier
League appearance in our colours.
During his spell with those three, his
record was 104 goals in 139
league appearances.
The 36 - year - old sits sixth on the A-
League's games played list but he hopes the
records will be tweaked in the future so they include National Soccer
League appearances too.
According to Squawka, he is yet to make a single error leading to a goal in 55 Premier
League appearances — yet again, a better
record than Dejan Lovren, Ragnar Klavan and Joel Matip.
Lewandowski, making his 250th Bundesliga
appearance, missed the out - right
record of scoring in 12 consecutive home
league games.
Their last
appearance in the top flight was a
record breaking one for the wrong reasons after collecting the lowesr amount of points for a Premier
League side in the 2007/08 season.
Everton duo Phil Jagielka and Leighton Baines have paid tribute to former teammate Gareth Barry after the midfielder broke the
record for the most Premier
League appearances.
John held the club
record for
league appearances (470) until George Armstrong passed that number in 1974.
He can play on either flank and his scoring
record from the wings is an impressive one — 25 in 45
league games including 17 in 35
appearances this season.
Lukaku joined the Toffees from Chelsea for a club -
record # 28m in 2014 and has scored 70 goals in 142
appearances, last season becoming the first Everton player since Gary Lineker to score 25
league goals in a single campaign.
Skipper Scott Brown made his 69th
appearance in the Champions
League, beating the
record for a Scottish player held by former Celtic and Liverpool striker Kenny Dalglish.
His goal - scoring
record is impressive; the striker has netted 37 times in 60
league appearances for the Reds and has notched up a further 7 goals...
Kalou has always been a squad player at Chelsea and holds the all time
record for substitute
appearances, he has been a hero, crossing that ball on to Riise's head in the Champions
League.
The Brazilian picked up where he left off at the Vicente Calderon, though, making 48
appearances for the Spanish side in the 2016 - 17 season as Atleti reached the semi-finals of the Champions
League and once again boasted the best defensive
record in the Spanish top flight ahead of Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Although Alexandre Pato did not make a huge impact in his first ACL game, Tianjin Quanjian still managed to
record a 3 - 0 win over Kitchee of Hong Kong at Tianjin Center Stadium in what was a first
appearance for both teams in the Asian Champions
League.