EPL 2017/18: 5 interesting facts from Gameweek 18

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Manchester City extended their winning run to 15 games after thrashing Spurs

#1 Benteke breaks his duck

Benteke will be a relieved man
Benteke will be a relieved man

After all that's been going on at Crystal Palace, if anybody needed a goal then it was none other than Christian Benteke. The club had endured a disastrous start to their league campaign and were without a win in their first 7 games of the season.

Despite becoming the club's record signing last year, the Belgian has not quite hit the ground running at Selhurst Park due to his injuries. It looked like his goal drought for the club was coming to an end against Bournemouth when he stepped up to take a penalty in the 90th minute with the scores tied at 2-2. However, things took a turn for the worse when he failed to beat Asmir Begovic in goal for the visitors.

Benteke faced high-flying Leicester City on the back of a lot of pressure and finally ended a run of 1106 minutes and 28 shots without a goal in the Premier League when he found the back of the net in his side's 3-0 win away from home.

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