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Martin Tyler brings you his latest teaser from the Etihad Stadium

Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler has been busy looking into your questions and has come up with the answers.

Scroll down the page to see them and don't forget to have a go at this week's Tyler's Teaser!

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I was at the Manchester derby on Sunday. Marcus Rashford's goal was the 100th Premier League goal scored by Manchester United under Louis van Gaal and it's taken 68 games to get there. It was also the 250th goal United have scored in Manchester derbies in all competitions - and their 99th league goal away to Manchester City.

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United secured their 14th Premier League clean sheet of the season - putting them one ahead of City.

City's shortcoming this season has been against teams in the top half of the table. They have managed only three points from nine games against other members of the top six. The home game with Arsenal is their final chance to record a win over one of the teams currently in the top six.

City have scored 93 goals in all competitions, but they have now failed to score in their last three (Norwich, Dynamo Kiev, Manchester United) and four of their last five.

Manuel Pellegrini missed out on the chance to become the first City manager to win four Premier League derbies. The last City boss to do it in the league was Joe Mercer in 1970. He won five in a row. They also missed out on the chance to win three successive home league games against United, which hasn't happened since the four in a row between 1952 and 1955. Les McDowall was the manager back then.

City have now lost five Premier League home games this season, equalling the amount they've lost in the four previous seasons combined.

Bastian Schweinsteiger was wearing No 31, is 31 years old and made his 31st appearance for United.

Jesus Navas has not scored in his last 71 Premier league games, since January 2014 when he scored at home against Cardiff.

Sergio Aguero played his 99th home game (scoring 80 home goals) for Manchester City and will reach his century against West Brom, live on Saturday Night Football.

Finally, if you exclude Salford-born Paul Scholes, Rashford was the first Mancunian to score in a league derby for United since Andy Ritchie in a 3-0 win at Maine Road in February 1979.

Penalty kings?

Simon Mignolet of Liverpool saves a penalty from Sadio Mane.
Image: Simon Mignolet of Liverpool saves a penalty from Sadio Mane

Simon Mignolet saved another penalty for Liverpool at the weekend but who has kept out the most penalties in Premier League history? Greg

MARTIN SAYS: Simon Mignolet has now saved three of his last five penalties faced for Liverpool and five in total in his Premier League career, but he's still got some way to go to break into the top 10.

Former Liverpool goalkeeper David James leads the way with 13 penalty saves in 572 Premier League games (including four for Liverpool - so fewer than Mignolet) while, Thomas Sorensen has saved 12 in 342 appearances.

Premier League all-time penalty saves

Player Saves
David James 13
Thomas Sorensen 12
Mark Schwarzer 10
Brad Friedel 10
Rob Green 9
Shay Given 9
Jussi Jaaskelainen 9
Edwin van der Sar 8

As you can see from the table, Mark Schwarzer (10), Brad Friedel (10), Robert Green (9) and Shay Given (9) also have chalked up good records when charged with saving spot kicks.

However, Mignolet is just one more penalty save away this season from joining Friedel, Mark Crossley and Ali Al Habsi in saving four penalties in one season.

Crossley perhaps deserves the most credit of that group - when playing for Nottingham Forest in the 1998/99 season he saved four penalties from just five faced. He is clearly a specialist having saved an FA Cup Final penalty and is the only man to save a Matt Le Tissier penalty. More on Mr Le Tissier later in this column...

Against the clock

Harry Kane (L) scoring the first of his two goals against Bournemouth
Image: Harry Kane (left) scores the first of his two goals against Bournemouth

Was Harry Kane's goal against Bournemouth the fastest in the Premier League this season? Andy

MARTIN SAYS: Harry Kane's goal against Bournemouth came after 43 seconds, which makes it the second fastest of the season behind Kenedy's strike 39 seconds into Chelsea's clash with Norwich City in March.

The corresponding fixture between Bournemouth and Tottenham also produced a quick-fire goal as Matt Ritchie gave the Cherries the lead with just 49 seconds played. Only one other Premier League goal has been scored inside 60 seconds this season and that came from Enner Valencia, who put West Ham in front against Manchester City with 53 seconds on the clock.

Title-chasing Tottenham are the undisputed kings of the early goal this season as they feature three times in the top 10. Dele Alli took just 1m36secs to score against Norwich while Moussa Dembele fired Spurs in front on 2m20secs in February against Aston Villa.

The quickest goal I've commentated on this season was scored by Junior Stanislas for Bournemouth against Manchester United in December (1m40secs).

It's widely accepted that the fastest goal in Premier League history was scored by Tottenham legend Ledley King after just 10 seconds against Bradford on December 9 in 2000.

20-20 vision

How many English players have scored 20 goals in back-to-back seasons? Can't be many… Jamie

Alan Shearer scored nine Premier League hat-tricks for Blackburn Rovers
Image: Alan Shearer scored 30 or more goals for Blackburn in three consecutive seasons

MARTIN SAYS: Harry Kane has joined some illustrious company by becoming the fifth English player to score 20 or more goals in consecutive seasons. Andy Cole (34 & 21 for Newcastle), Les Ferdinand (24 & 25 for Newcastle) and Robbie Fowler (25 & 28 for Liverpool) racked up consistent tallies but one man stands out above the crowd.

All-time Premier League top goalscorer Alan Shearer, whose 260 goals in total is unlikely to be surpassed any time soon, managed to score 20 or more goals in four consecutive seasons between 1993/94 and 1996/97. Even more impressively, in three of those four seasons, Shearer managed to bag 30 or more goals as he tormented defences across the country for Blackburn Rovers. From the start of the 1993/94 season to the end of the 1995/96 season, Shearer scored an incredible 96 goals in 107 Premier League games.

Matt Le Tissier can count himself unfortunate to not be among this list as he scored 25 goals in the 1993/94 season but - controversially - only officially scored 19 in the 1994/95 campaign. Some sources have Le Tissier scoring 20 that season, however our data shows that the goal in question was in fact an own goal by Crystal Palace goalkeeper Rhys Wilmot, who palmed a Le Tissier cross into his own net. Unlucky, Matt!

Six of the worst

Riyad Mahrez of Leicester City celebrates
Image: Crystal Palace's defeat to Leicester was their sixth in a row at home

Crystal Palace lost for the sixth home game in a row on Saturday. Is this a Premier League record? John

MARTIN SAYS: Alan Pardew's men will be looking over their shoulders at the chasing relegation pack after their terrible run of results. They are the only team in the top four divisions of English football that are without a home win in 2016.

Consecutive home defeats?

Team Games
Sunderland (2005) 10
Wolves (2012) 9
Bolton (2011) 7
Derby (2008) 7
Crystal Palace (1998) 6
Crystal Palace (2006) 6
QPR (2015) 6
Wigan (2007) 6

However, their run of straight defeats at Selhurst Park isn't the worst in Premier League history, in fact it's only sixth on the list. The record is held by Sunderland during the 2005/06 season, where they lost 10 home games on the spin during their relegation season.

Mick McCarthy's men ended the season with just 15 points and managed to win just one of their 19 home matches, which is a joint Premier League record for the least amount of home wins in a season. They hold that record with Derby County, who during their disappointing 2007/08 season lost seven games on the bounce at Pride Park.

Letting it slip

Victor Wanyama (left) of Southampton holds off Divock Origi of Liverpool
Image: Southampton came from 2-0 down to beat Liverpool

Liverpool lost to Southampton having led 2-0 at half-time. How many times have Liverpool done that in the Premier League? John Atkins (Liverpool)

MARTIN SAYS: This was the first time in Premier League history that Liverpool lost a game in which they were leading by two or more goals at half-time.

They have led at the break by two or more goals on 115 previous occasions and won 112 of those matches, drawing the other three. The draws came against Manchester United (October 1992), Manchester City (May 1996) and Leicester (January 2015).

Of the ever-present teams in the Premier League, Everton and Manchester United are now the only clubs to have yet to lose a game they led by two or more goals at half-time. Everton have led by two or more goals at half-time 77 times (W70 D7), while Man United have done so 149 times (W146 D3).

Points recovered from losing positions

Team Points gained
Tottenham 18
West Ham 12
Leicester 11
Liverpool 11
Swansea 11
Southampton 10
Arsenal 9
West Brom 9
Chelsea 8
Sunderland 8
Everton 7
Manchester City 7
Newcastle 6
Crystal Palace 5
Stoke 5
Aston Villa 4
Bournemouth 4
Manchester United 4
Norwich 4
Watford 2

In turning the game at St Mary's on its head, Southampton have now won 10 points from losing positions this season. However, it's Tottenham that have won the most points from behind this campaign, amassing 18 points, identifying perfectly their never say die attitude. 

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