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Picture : Kylian Mbappé scored his 50th goal in the competition !
Statistics on Champions’ League group stage round 6 (December 10)
Atalanta vs Real Madrid 2-3
*Kylian Mbappé has scored his 50th goal in the Champions League (in 79 appearances), becoming the second-youngest player (25 years 356 days) to reach this figure in the competition after Lionel Messi in 2012 (24 years 284 days).
Cristiano Ronaldo is the third in this ranking (28 years 63 days).
*Mbappé, Vinícius Jr. and Jude Bellingham have all three scored in the same game for Real Madrid for the first time in all competitions (they have 14 games played together).
*Charles De Ketelaere is the Atalanta's player involved in the most goals in a single season in Champions League: 7 (3 goals + 4 assists).
*Real Madrid has equaled their own record of 4 consecutive away games (Bayern, Lille, Liverpool and Atalanta) with a penalty against in the Champions League. They first had such a series in 2009.
Also Zenit committed a penalty in 4 away UCL games in a row between 2019 and 2020.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Inter 1-0
*Nordi Mukiele's goal at 90th minute ended Inter’s run of 573 minutes without conceding a goal in the Champions League.
RB Leipzig vs Aston Villa 2-3
*John McGinn is only the second player to score in the opening 3 minutes of a major European competition for Aston Villa, after Peter Withe, who did so twice in the UEFA Cup vs Vitória Guimarães in September 1983 and Spartak Moscow in November 1983.
*Jhon Durán has scored 6 goals after coming on as a substitute in all competitions for Aston Villa this season: the most by any player for clubs in Europe's big 5 leagues in the current season.
RB Salzburg vs Paris St. Germain 0-3
*With an average age of 23 years 254 days, this is the Champions League match with the 22 youngest starters since Dinamo Zagreb vs Lyon in December 2011 (23 years 187 days).
*PSG achieved a clean sheet away in the Champions League for the first time since 28 October 2020 (against Basaksehir), ending a run of 21 consecutive games conceding at least 1 away goal in the competition.
*Achraf Hakimi (24 assists, including 2 in this game) became the joint-best assister in the history of PSG among defenders in official competition, tied with Maxwell.
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Bayern 1-5
*Thomas Müller scored his first Champions League goal of the season and has now scored in 16 different UCL seasons, like Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo; only Lionel Messi and Karim Benzema have scored in more seasons (18).
Brest vs PSV Eindhoven 1-0
*PSV have failed to score in a match for the first time since 13 March 2024 (vs Borussia Dortmund), ending a streak of 30 games with at least one goal.
*Brest became the first French club to win against a Dutch team in the Champions League since PSG against Ajax on 25 November 2014, ending a series of 9 consecutive games without a victory in this confrontation.
Girona vs Liverpool 0-1
*Liverpool, the current leader of the Champions League 2024-25, extended their total of victories to 6 out of 6.
Their best winning streak in the European Cup is 7 (in 2021-22, with Klopp).
*Taking into account last season, Liverpool have won all last 10 group stage games in the Champions League (with 27 goals scored and just 2
conceded within this run).
*Alisson Becker made his 21st Champions League clean sheet for Liverpool (in 49 games), tying with club record holder Pepe Reina (21 in 46 games).
*Mohamed Salah has scored his 50th goal in Champions League (in 95 games): 5 with Basel, 1 with Roma and 44 with Liverpool.
*Salah became also the 3rd non-European player to score 60+ goals in the history of major European competitions, after Lionel Messi (132) and Sergio Agüero (63).
*It was Salah’s 6th scored penalty for Liverpool in the Champions League: joint-most with Steven Gerrard.
*Salah has involved in already 28 goals across all competitions this club season, by large more than any other Premier League player (the next are Erling Haaland with 19, Bukayo Saka 18, Cole Palmer 17).
Moreover, Salah has been directly involved in more goals than any other player in Europe's top 5 leagues.
*Salah has 21 consecutive goals with his left foot in the Champions League. He has last scored with his right foot 4 years ago (against Midtjylland). No headed goal from him in the tournament so far.
Club Brugge vs Sporting Lisbon 2-1
*Geny Cipriano Catamo (Sporting) is the first Mozambique player to score a goal in the Champions League.
Players of 107 different nationalities have already scored in the competition.
Dinamo Zagreb vs Celtic 0-0
*Celtic failed to win last 11 UCL away games (3 draws, 8 losses). Their last away win in the competition is dated back to 27 September 2017 (3-0 vs Anderlecht).