Premier League race, Haaland breaks record

Another weekend of European football is in the books and, once again, there was drama across the board. Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland broke records in Manchester City’s 4-1 thrashing of Southampton.

Elsewhere, Liverpool and Arsenal provided what could be the game of the season in a thrilling 2-2 draw, Villarreal shocked Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, Matthijs De Ligt scored a stunner for Bayern Munich and Chelsea’s season is only getting worse.

ESPN correspondents Mark Ogden, Julien Laurens, James Olley, Alex Kirkland and Constantin Eckner break down the most interesting and important stuff you need to know about the weekend.

Talking points

English Premier League title race flipped on its head

The title race is surely going right to the wire. For the fourth consecutive Premier League weekend, Manchester City played first — and won — to ramp up the pressure on title rivals Arsenal, this time with a comfortable 4-1 win at Southampton on Saturday. And finally, forced to respond yet again, the Gunners dropped points. But Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Liverpool was complicated to compute.

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On the one hand, Arsenal were 2-0 up at Anfield and had chances to secure their first league victory in this fixture since 2012. Yet on the other, Mohamed Salah missed a second-half penalty in front of the Kop, Roberto Firmino scored an 87th-minute equaliser and Gunners goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was required to make three excellent saves late on to salvage a point at the end of a pulsating 2-2 draw which stands as a strong contender for game of the season.

Liverpool ended with an expected goals number of 3.96, their highest of the season and the third highest in any Premier League game of the current campaign, but at the same time Arsenal had control of the contest and let it slip while also missing late chances of their own.

– Ogden: Arsenal…