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Picture : Anthony Gordon became the 2nd Newcastle player with 5+ goals in a Champions League campaign, after Alan Shearer in 2002-03 (6).
Champions League statistics: league stage, round 6 (December 10)
Bayer Leverkusen vs Newcastle 2-2
*Gordon has 7 goal involvements in a single Champions League season: joint-most in the Newcastle history, along with Shearer in 2002-03.
Borussia Dortmund vs Bodo/Glimt 2-2
*Julian Brandt’s brace is his first in 78 Champions League appearances, and his first in all competitions for Borussia since May 2022 (vs Fürth in Bundesliga).
Club Brugge vs Arsenal 0-3
*Arsenal remain the only team in the Champions League this season with a 100% win record.
*It’s the fourth occasion for an English team to win each of their first 6 games of a Champions League campaign, after Liverpool in 2021-22 and 2024-25, Manchester City in 2023-24.
In European Cup era (1955-1992), this happened in two occasions more: Manchester United in 1965-66 and Leeds in 1969-70.
*Arsenal extended to 10 their consecutive wins in group stage/league phase in the Champions League: the 2nd English team in competition’s history to achieve this, after Liverpool.
*Marli Salmon, debutting in UCL for Arsenal, is the 3rd players to play for an English team in the Champions League while aged 16 or younger. Two others also have done so for Arsenal: Jack Wilshere and Max Dowman.
*Gabriel Martinelli became the first ever Arsenal player to score in 5 successive appearances in the Champions League, and first to do so in all major European competitions since Thierry Henry in the UEFA Cup in April 2000 (6 games in a row).
Benfica vs Napoli 2-0
*Napoli have lost 5 consecutive away Champions League/European Cup games for the first time in their history.
Qarabag vs Ajax 2-4
*Ajax have won an European match in which they came from behind twice for the first time since January 1973 (3-2 against Rangers in the Super Cup).
*Ajax started a Champions League match with two players aged 17 (Jorthy Mokio and Sean Steur) for the first time ever.
*Two Ajax teenagers (Steur and Konadu) had a goal involvement on their Champions League debut.
It’s the 3rd such occasion in the competition over the last 20 years, after:
Borussia Dortmund vs Legia Warsaw in 2016 (Dembélé and Pulisic),
Red Bull Salzburg vs Genk in 2019 (Haaland and Szoboszlai).
Villarreal vs Copenhagen 2-3
*Villarreal have gone 9 UCL matches without a win.
They are approaching the worst run for a Spanish team in the tournament (Villarreal themselves went 10 matches without a win).
*Copenhagen are the first Danish team to win a European Cup match on Spanish soil.
Until now, La Liga teams had won all 11 matches vs Denmark clubs played in Spain.
Juventus vs Pafos 2-0
*Pafos suffered their first away defeat in UCL this season (including qualifying stages), being unbeaten in 5 previous such games (3 wins, 2 draws).
Athletic Bilbao vs Paris St. Germain 0-0
*This is Paris SG's fourth goalless draw in the Champions League, and their first in over 10 years (0-0 vs Real Madrid in October 2015).