See the facts you need to know from the midweek matches
Crystal Palace 3-0 Norwich CityOdsonne Edouard was directly involved in three goals for Crystal Palace against Norwich (1 goal, 2 assists), just one goal involvement fewer than he managed in his previous 15 Premier League appearances combined (3 goals, 1 assist)
Southampton 1-1 Tottenham HotspurHarry Kane has been directly involved in 17 goals in 12 Premier League starts against Southampton (11 goals, 6 assists), and he's had a hand in more goals at St Mary's Stadium than any other away venue in the competition (6 goals, 5 assists)
Watford 1-4 West Ham UnitedMark Noble has now scored a Premier League goal in every year since 2007
Leicester City 1-0 LiverpoolLiverpool ended 2021 in the same way they started it, failing to score in an away match. The Reds had netted in each of their last 28 away matches in all competitions between their first and last of the year (75 goals in total)
Chelsea 1-1 Brighton & Hove AlbionDanny Welbeck scored his second Premier League goal against Chelsea, 11 years and 45 days since netting on his first appearance against them in the competition in November 2010. Only Peter Crouch (11 years, 210 days) has had a longer gap between Premier League goals against the Blues
Brentford 0-1 Manchester CityMan City have won each of their last 10 league matches, the fourth time they have had a run of 10+ consecutive league wins under Pep Guardiola. No other manager in PL history has had more than two separate runs of 10+ wins
Manchester United 3-1 BurnleyCristiano Ronaldo’s goal and assist for Man Utd took him to 11 Premier League goal involvements for 2021/22 (8 goals, 3 assists), hitting double figures for goal involvements for the 17th consecutive season in Europe’s big five leagues, since registering just nine in 2004/05
