The figure of 81,978 toppled the previous best on both counts - 80,287 against Liverpool at Wembley on 22 October last year. That figure beat the previous highest in the Premier League of 76,098 for Manchester United against Blackburn at Old Trafford in March, 2007.
Before this season, our highest crowd for a home league match was 70,882 against Manchester United at White Hart Lane in September, 1951.
Our record home attendance remains 85,512 against Bayer Leverkusen in last season's Champions League campaign.
That figure of 85,512 is an English club record. Indeed, both of our Champions League group matches against Monaco (85,011) and Bayer Leverkusen set new record figures, toppling the previous best of 84,569 held by Manchester City for an FA Cup tie against Stoke at Maine Road in 1934.