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Picture : Lamine Yamal is the 2nd player under 18 years of age (17 years 200 days) to score 2 goals in the Champions League.
Statistics on Champions’ League group stage round 8 (January 29) – Part 2
PSV Eindhoven vs Liverpool 3-2
*This is the first ever Champions League match which was goalless after 25 minutes but saw as many as 5 goals by half-time.
*PSV have scored 16 goals in their 8 Champions League games this season: only in 1975-76 they have scored more (20 goals) in a European Cup/Champions League campaign.
*PSV are the second ever Dutch team to win a European match against Liverpool, after Ajax in the European Cup in 1966 (5-1).
*Ricardo Pepi (PSV) has scored at least one goal in all 8 of his starts across all competitions for PSV this season, totaling 14 goals in those games.
Aston Villa vs Celtic 4-2
*Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) is the player who has taken the shortest time to score a brace in the UCL history (4 minutes 5 seconds).
He surpassed Mbappé's record: a brace with PSG after 6 minutes 20 seconds on 7 December 2021 against Bruges.
*Morgan Rogers became also the 2nd youngest (22 years 187 days) Englishman to score a UCL hat-trick, after Wayne Rooney with Man United against Fenerbahçe in September 2004 (18 years 340 days).
Girona vs Arsenal 1-2
*Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) became the 2nd youngest (17 years 314 days) Englishman to score a Champions League goal, after Jude Bellingham (17 years 289 days vs Manchester City in April 2021).
RB Salzburg vs Atlético Madrid 1-4
*Atlético Madrid have won their last 5 Champions League matches, equalling their best-ever run of back-to-back wins in the competition, achieved between September and November 2016.
*Atlético have now also 3 consecutive away wins in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League campaign, for the first time since 1973-74.
*Atlético have scored 3 goals in a first half of a Champions League match for the 2nd time in history; the first such occasion was in November 2013, also against Austrian opposition (Austria Vienna).
Brest vs Real Madrid 0-3
*At 21 years 214 days, Jude Bellingham became the 3rd youngest player to reach 25 goal involvements in the Champions League (12 goals, 13 assists), after Kylian Mbappé (who did it at 20 years 306 days) and Erling Haaland (at 21 years 139 days).
*Carlo Ancelotti became the 2nd most experienced coach in the history of European competitions (261 games). He surpassed Arsene Wenger (260) in the historical ranking.
The record still belongs to Alex Ferguson (273 games).
Barcelona vs Atalanta 2-2
*Lamine Yamal is the 2nd player under 18 years of age (17 years 200 days) to score 2 goals in the Champions League, after Ansu Fati who scored his 2nd goal at the age of 17 years 355 days against Ferencváros on 20 October 2020.
Sporting Lisbon vs Bologna 1-1
*Bologna have only scored 4 goals in this UCL group stage; only Young Boys have scored fewer (3).
*Bologna have the 2nd fewest sum of scored and conceded goals among all 36 clubs in this UCL group stage (13, goal difference 4-9), after only Inter (12, 11-1).
The third on “podium” is Juventus (16 goals in 8 matches with their participation, 9-7).
Thus, Italy is clearly most defensive nation in this UCL campaign.
Sturm Graz vs RB Leipzig 1-0
*RB Leipzig lost 8 out of 10 their UCL games (1 win, 1 draw) within last 12 months: worst ever performance in the competition for a German team.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Sparta Prague 2-0
*Bayer won all 4 home matches in the Champions League without conceding a single goal: one of just two such teams in this campaign along with Inter.