EPL and La Liga Weekend Recap-Countdown

                   Rooney celebrates after scoring the winning-goal against 

                  Swansea last Saturday in a 2-1 encounter.                                                                                     

A good soccer countdown is better than the New Years countdown, isn't it? No? I'll show you:

10. 10 for: Manchester City was losing to Watford 1-0 at Vicarage Road for most of the game, then they hit the gas in the last 10 minutes and went home with a 2-1 win.

Yaya Toure scored the winner for the citizens in the 82nd minute before Sergio Aguero's 84th minute leveler. Ben Watson netted Watford's goal in the 55th minute.

9. 9 for: Leicester tied with Bornemouth 0-0 on Saturday to go three games without a win. Last time Leicester spent three games without a win was nine months ago.

8. 8 for Barcelona's number 8 Andres Iniesta's skill against Espanyol.

1 point for beating the first player... 3 points for beating and putting a second player down...  3 more points for beating the first player again and putting him down this time. And 1 last point for his switch to Dani Alves.  Do the math: 1+3+3+1=8. However the game finished 0-0.

7. 7 for: Wayne Rooney hadn't hit the target since Oct. 7teen before Manchester United's game against Swansea this past Saturday. But guess what? The striker scored the game-winner for United in the 7ty7th minute.

6. 6 for: 6 feet 1 Thomas Partey netted the goal that put Atletico Madrid on top of La Liga as they defeated Levante 1-0.

5. 5 for: A physical Espanyol side held Barcelona goalless, they used 5 yellow cards to do so.

Top four goals:

4. A marked Yaya Toure blasts a left foot volley in the top corner of the net to bring City leveled with Watford. 

3. Aaron Lennon chests Romelu Lukaku's header before firing the ball in the corner of the net. Make sure you got your football glasses on since the lead-up of the goal: Leighton Baines' back-heels the ball to Tom Cleverley, who sends a cross-field ball to Lukaku.

2. Rooney flicks Anthony Martial's cross in the far post. Louis Van Gaal thought his striker's goal was going to be number one. "He scores also a fantastic goal," the United boss said. "With his left foot behind his right foot and then-- you cannot imagine what a goal is that."

This next goal is even harder to imagine, Van Gaal:


1. Youngster Carles Gil hits a scissor kick past Sunderland keeper Vito Mannone after teenager Adama Traore swiftly played the ball around Wes Brown to bend a cross in. Keep it up, young Spaniards.

Happy Recap!!!