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494  Even after joining Arsenal, he’s still a Chelsea legend. Only five players have made more appearances for The Blues! 228  He kept a clean sheet in almost half of his 494 games for Chelsea too – that’s crazy consistency! 5  Not including shootouts, he’s faced 11 penalties in the Champions League, and saved five of them – that’s a record! 24  In his first Prem campaign, he set the record for clean sheets in a single season – and he’s still not been overtaken! 202  He’s the only goalkeeper in Prem history to keep more than 200 clean sheets! 124 In an epic 14-year international career, he became the Czech Republic’s record appearance maker! 18  In total, he’s won 18 trophies, including 4 Prem titles, 5 FA Cups, 3…

MOHAMED SALAH LIVERPOOL GAMES: 23 ★ GOALS: 16 The reigning champion is desperate not to lose the tag of the Prem’s best goal king! With Liverpool gunning for the title, every goal is going to mean so much to him and his side – and that’s gonna be huge motivation for the deadly Egyptian dangerman! GOLDEN BOOT CHANCES ★★★★★ Liverpool’s red-hot attacking form and push for the title means Mo is probably the favourite to win back-to-back Prem Golden Boots! After a sluggish start to the season, the star’s back to his best! MATCH PREDICTS 29 GOALS FAB FACT! Mo scored 26 Prem goals in the whole of 2018 – more than any other player! PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG ARSENAL GAMES: 23 ★ GOALS: 14 Auba scored just twice in his first…

PhantomVSN Just like the other Phantom in this wicked new pack, the VSN is wrapped in the same epic bright-red colourway! Price: TBC LifeStyleSports.com Mercurial Superfly The grey Mercurial colourway might not stand out as much on the pitch, but we still think the cleats look well classy! Price: TBC LifeStyleSports.com Mercurial Vapor The low-collared Vapors are worn by the likes of Neymar, Eden Hazard, Leroy Sane and Anthony Martial. Top ballers! Price: TBC LifeStyleSports.com…

WHO AM I? Can you work out the La Liga winger from the three clues below? I joined my current club in 2017 from Prem champs Man. City! I’ve played 35 times for Spain but scored just three times! My nickname is ‘Little Bird’ as I can fly past defenders, but I’m not as fast as I was! 5 QUESTIONS ON... THORGAN HAZARD 1 Is the attacker shorter or taller than world-famous brother Eden 2 True or False He was at Chelsea for three years between 2012 and 2015, but was never handed a Premier League appearance! 3 How many caps has he won for awesome national team Belgium – more or less than 15 4 Thorgan made The Red Devils’ World Cup squad, but did he play any matches…

SINCE MOVING TO LIVERPOOL, HOW HAVE YOU IMPROVED AS A PLAYER? VIRGIL SAYS: “I’ve improved in every aspect of my game, but there’s still so much to learn and get better at. I’m every day to working I want to be. I want to get where out of myself to get the maximum make sure I’m giving everything for my team and the club!” WHICH PLAYER DID YOU LOOK UP TO WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER? VIRGIL SAYS: “Ronaldinho – he was a fantastic player who always enjoyed the game, and I think that’s the most important thing – to keep enjoying it!” YOU’VE ALSO BEEN NAMED IN THE FIFA 19 TEAM OF THE YEAR! VIRGIL SAYS: “I think my friends will love it even more than I do! But I’m…

Nike Hypervenoms are so 2018! The mega brand have dumped their old cleats and replaced them with these shiny new PhantomVNMs – and Harry Kane doesn’t even care that they’re bright red! The hero will be itching to start busting nets in them once he gets back from his ankle injury... The 13 black ridges in the 30% larger strike zone are set at specific angles and heights, which improves ball spin, control, power and accuracy! The textured toe area is perfect for little touches to get the ball out of your feet before having a shot at goal! Head over to page 53 now to see the rest of the boot collection in Nike’s cool Game Over pack! COOL CAR KITS! A Brazilian artist has wrapped Formula 1racing cars…

HARVEY BARNES FACTFILE Age: 21 Position: Att. midfielder Club: Leicester Country: England ONE OF THEIR OWN! Fans love seeing academy players breaking through, so Harvey Barnes is always gonna be popular with the Foxes fans! The Burnley-born hero joined Leicester’s youth set-up when he was just nine years old, and his epic rise saw him earn a four-year contract with the PL club in 2017! LOAN SUPERSTAR! Barnes made his Leicester debut back in 2016, coming off the bench in the Champo League v Porto! Not long after, he was sent out on loan to MK Dons, where he won their Young Player Of The Year award! He then tore it up last season on loan at Barnsley, with five goals and four assists in 23 matches! PREM RECALL! The…

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CITY’S CENTURY! Man. City bagged their 100th goal of the season in all competitions against Huddersfield recently! 17 Danilo bagged number 100 for the defending champions – becoming their 17th different goalscorer of the 2018-19 season. Woah! 35 City reached the tally in 35 games – only one team’s done it quicker than that – the City of 2013-14! 14 Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero are tied at the top of the club’s scoring charts with 14 goals each! 1 They’re the first team in Europe’s top five leagues to smash home 100 goals this season. Total legends! SUPER SALAH! The records just keep tumbling for Mo Salah – earlier this month he scored his 50th PL goal! 72 Salah reached the tally in just 72 Prem games – only…

THE QUICKEST! KELECHI SAYS: “Jamie Vardy is still the quickest at the club. If anyone can get close to him it’d probably be me or Ben Chilwell, but Vards is defo a few yards ahead of us!” THE BEST TRAINER! KELECHI SAYS: “Wilfred Ndidi. He trains the way he plays! The way you see him in matches, kicking everyone, that’s what he’s like in training! He’s always getting stuck into the tackles, even in light sessions when we’re just playing keep-ball. Everyone knows it’s meant to be fun, but he takes it so seriously!” MR. STRONG! KELECHI SAYS: “Wes Morgan. I have some good battles with him in training, and he’s easily the strongest at the club! He loves to get into battles with players – that’s one of his…

1. Name the Huddersfield player sent off in the first half against Brighton! 2. Who scored Liverpool’s stoppage-time winner in the Merseyside derby? 3. Which West Ham ace scored a brace as they saw off Cardiff 3-1 - Marko Arnautovic, Lucas Perez or Mark Noble? 4. How many penalties were there in Arsenal’s 4-2 thriller against North London rivals Tottenham? 5. How many seconds after the re-start did it take for Jesse Lingard to equalise v Arsenal – nine, 13 or 24? 6. True or False? There wasn’t a single foul in Newcastle’s 7. What date in December was Jose Mourinho sacked as Man. United 8. Luka Milivojevic scored a stunner to help Crystal Palace beat Leicester, 9. How many 0-0 draws were there in total in the Prem in…

40 Jadon Sancho was the first player in the Bundesliga to complete 40 dribbles! The term ‘soccer’ is known as the word used for football in the US, but was actually first used in England in the 19th century. Woah! OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS  As well as a giant lion on his back, Memphis Depay also has a tattoo of funny Pokemon Jigglypuff on his arm. That’s well bonkers! 4  Shane Long’s recent goal v Leicester meant his last four goals for Southampton had come under four different gaffers. Mad! 100  Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos scored his 100th career goal recently! Quality stats for a centre-back! 4 Gabriel Jesus hit four goals in one match for the first time v Burton! 120+ Bologna’s Federico Santander is a real beast in the…