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The record for most goals scored in a single Premier League match week was broken tonight after a goal-scoring weekend of football.
The excitement began Saturday at the lunchtime game with Everton setting the tone when they passed West Brom five times in their 5-2 win at Goodison Park.
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Calvert-Lewin has started the season spectacularly
Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored a hat-trick for Carlo Ancelotti’s free Toffees with James Rodriguez scoring his first goal for the club.
Another seven goals followed as Leeds achieved their first top flight win since 2004 when they beat Fulham 4-3.
Crystal Palace then scored a surprising 3-1 victory against a mediocre Manchester United with Wilfried Zaha scoring twice against his former team.
Heung-min Son was on the scoreboard four times against Southampton in their 5-2 win on Sunday with captain Harry Kane providing all four assists before landing a well-deserved goal.
Later that night, six goals in Leicester’s 4-2 win against Burnley brought the total to 39.
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Son scored four solo goals against Southampton
Five goals came Monday night to make it a record for most goals scored in a match week and we got exactly five, beating the previous mark of 43 set in February 2011.
Aston Villa beat Sheffield United 1-0 in their encounter at Villa Park, but four goals in Molineux brought the record down.
Man City won 3-1 against Wolves with Gabriel Jesus’ final goal in injury time.
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Jesús made history when he scored the final goal for City
Most goals scored in a Premier League matchday: 43
Results of a high-scoring soccer weekend on February 5-6, 2011
Aston Villa 2-2 Fulham
Everton 5-3 Blackpool
Man City 3-0 West Brom
Newcastle 4-4 Arsenal
Stoke 3-2 Sunderland
Tottenham 2-1 Bolton
Wigan 4-3 Blackburn
Lobos 2-1 Man United
West Ham Birmingham 0-1
Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool
That weekend over nine years ago featured some incredibly exciting matchups, most notably Newcastle’s remarkable comeback against Arsenal.
The Magpies were 4-0 down at halftime, but in the second half they staged a comeback to tie 4-4 with a left-handed volley from Cheick Tiote equalizing with three minutes remaining.
Everton also scored for free that weekend by scoring five more than Blackpool with Louis Saha on four occasions.
Coincidentally, Chelsea and Liverpool also clashed that weekend with the Reds taking a 1-0 win. Raúl Meireles was the scorer on that occasion.
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