Mohamed Salah needed just 14 minutes to break two Liverpool records during Tuesday’s Champions League clash against Real Madrid. 
Darwin Nunez’s outrageous flick and Thibaut Courtois’ howler, which allowed Salah to score a tap-in, gave Liverpool the lead during the match which ended 5-2 in favour of Real Madrid. Salah assisted Nunez’s goal to register his 13th assist for Liverpool in the Champions League, more than any other player in the club’s successful history. Furthermore, the Egyptian’s strike was his 42nd for Liverpool in the competition, breaking Steven Gerrard’s record.
The records do not stop there for Salah. He now has 44 goals in the Champions League, equalling Didier Drogba’s record for the most scored by an African player. Salah will be confident of going beyond the Chelsea legend sooner rather than later. 30-year-old Salah now has 19 goals this season, with eight of those coming in the Champions League. Nunez, 23, is also enjoying a solid European campaign, finding the net four times.
Harry Kane’s 15th-minute goal which made him the top scorer for Tottenham, was enough to seal their defeat over Manchester City. Speaking to reporters after the defeat, Guardiola suggested that his players had been affected by the trip to north London. He said; 
“We are an attractive team. Our teams are always good, we try to go forward and be generous for our fans. Sometimes it doesn’t work, but I cannot complain much. When you win four Premier Leagues in five years we cannot complain much about what we have done and the way we have done it. “We try to continue to do it and improve the things that will help us in the future. But we go back to Manchester. Coming to London is like going to, I don’t know, northern Europe. It is 4 hours 20 minutes, 4 hours and a half to get to a hotel. It’s so exhausting to come to London, I’m sorry. We need to come back to Manchester and prepare for the game against Aston Villa.” 
Al-Nassr’s coach, Rudi Garcia has pointed fingers at Cristiano Ronaldo over the club’s defeat to Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Super Cup. 
The club which signed Ronaldo in a record-breaking deal at the end of December, were defeated 3-1 in the semi-final of the Saudi Super Cup. Shortly after the match was concluded, the French coach was left to bemoan his side’s inability to make the most of their chances in the first-half, and he wasn’t afraid to criticise his new star man for missing a gilt-edged chance, either. Garcia said; 
Cristiano Ronaldo was mocked with chants for his rival Lionel Messi by opposition fans during Al-Nassr’s Saudi Super Cup semi-final defeat to Al-Ittihad on Thursday, January 26. 
Manchester United on Saturday, January 14, staged a stunning late turnaround after coming from behind to beat Manchester City in a dramatic Premier League derby at Old Trafford. 
Jack Grealish had put City ahead after coming off the bench but late goals from Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford grabbed the win for United. Erik ten Hag’s side drew level in contentious fashion with 12 minutes left as Bruno Fernandes scored despite the presence of Marcus Rashford in an offside position. City’s protest that he had interfered with the play was ignored despite the flag going up. Rashford was the central figure again four minutes later when he swept in substitute Alejandro Garnacho’s cross to move United ahead in the scoreline. 
This is coming four months after the Red Devils were chastened and bruised following a 6-3 defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad stadium. Manchester United has now won nine-straight games in all competitions and five straight in the Premier League. They now have 38 points and are just one point behind second-place Manchester City who are 5 points behind league leaders, Arsenal. 
