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How Arsenal have made club history with winning start to 2024

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Mikel Arteta was completely justified in ranking Arsenal 's final match of 2023 as "our worst Game of the season". On a "really tough" and "sad" afternoon on the banks of the River Thames, Arsenal limped to a 2-1 defeat at Fulham's Craven Cottage. Sitting top of the Premier League table on Christmas Day, the Gunners saw in the new year from a lowly fourth spot. Despite the despair, Arteta offered hope with a sense of perspective. "If we play like we played in the other 19 games we will be up there," the Arsenal boss insisted. "If we play like today we will be nowhere near." Arteta's side have gone beyond rediscovering their form, storming into 2024 playing their best football of the season. A 5-0 thrashing of Burnley on Saturday afternoon was Arsenal's fifth consecutive league win to begin the new year - the best top-flight start to any calendar year in the club's entire history. Here's how Arsenal have dramat...

Russell Westbrook passes Isiah Thomas for ninth-most assists in NBA history

Russell Westbrook is used to making statistical History , and on Saturday, he did so yet again as the Los Angeles Clippers faced the New York Knicks. In a close Game in the third quarter, Westbrook hit Paul George with a pass that turned into an easy layup. It was the third assist of the Game for the former MVP, but more importantly, it was the 9,060th assist of his NBA career. That moved him past Detroit Pistons icon Isiah Thomas for the ninth- most assist s in NBA History . Russell Westbrook has moved to 9th all-time in career assists 👏 Congrats, Russ! Watch live on the NBA App 📺: https://t.co/1pomQZMAZK pic.twitter.com/IWdI1QRXl9 — NBA (@NBA) March 11, 2023 The all-time assist s leaderboard is unusually cluttered in a few spots. Westbrook, at No. 9, is more than 800 assist s behind No. 8 Oscar Robertson. However, No. 5 Steve Nash leads Westbrook by less than 1,300 assist s...