40 goals were scored this weekend in the Premier League - 30 of them on Saturday with no one sharing the points. There were some hidings, in particular by Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool. However, there were plenty of high scoring thrillers and good comebacks, i.e. Tottenham's comeback from 2-0 down against Southampton at home, and of course Liverpool having to come from behind twice against Cardiff City to win 6-3.
There was also high drama - besides Sigurdsson's last minute winner for Tottenham, there was Papiss Cisse's very late winner for Newcastle against Crystal Palace.
And there were a few stunning goals - Wayne Rooney's effort from the halfway line will be forever remembered but there were some cracking goals, including one from Alex Tettey for Norwich against Sunderland.
It wasn't just the Premier League where the excitement was. Indeed, it was a big weekend in La Liga with El Clasico on Sunday - and what a game that was.
It was a game that Barcelona had to win to keep their title hopes alive, and a game Real Madrid wanted to win to stay very much in control of La Liga.
In the end, it was the visitors who got the result they badly needed with Messi's second hat-trick in two league games sealing a 4-3 win for Barcelona at the Bernabeu in a game that should be the game of the season in La Liga and possibly the best El Clasico seen in 20 years.
Looking at all the other big 5 leagues of England, France, Italy, Spain and Germany, there appear to have been no goalless draws. Yes there were score draws in those leagues, but no 0-0s. Mind you Real Sociedad and Almeria could ruin it on Monday night.
If you were a football fan, you were truly blessed this weekend. Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted, because these weekends don't come by very often!
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