24 - Newcastle suffered a home defeat in a major European match for the first time since March 2003 against Barcelona – they had gone 24 unbeaten in between these defeats (W19 D5). Burst.
24 - Newcastle suffered a home defeat in a major European match for the first time since March 2003 against Barcelona – they had gone 24 unbeaten in between these defeats (W19 D5). Burst.
Milan’s last five matches in the UEFA Champions League:
0–2 Inter
0–1 Inter
0–0 Newcastle
0–0 Borussia Dortmund
0–3 PSG
For the first time ever, I Rossoneri have gone five consecutive #UCL matches without scoring.
115 - Erling Haaland has been directly involved in 115 goals across his last 100 appearances in all competitions at club level (96 goals, 19 assists). Force.
Achraf Hakimi has made more ball recoveries (30) than any other outfield player in the #UCL this season
Ferran Torres dedicated his goal against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League to his grandmother, who sadly passed away earlier this week
“For you Grandmother”
He then assisted Barcelona’s second goal for Fermin Lopez
Doing his grandmother proud
Nathan Ake has the highest pass accuracy (96.5%) of any player in the Champions League this season (150+ mins)
The top 20 goalscorers in European Cup / Champions League history:
140 - Cristiano Ronaldo
129 - Lionel Messi
92 - Robert Lewandowski
90 - Karim Benzema
71 - Raúl
56 - Ruud van Nistelrooy
53 - Thomas Müller
50 - Thierry Henry
49 - Alfredo Di Stéfano
48 - Andry Shevchenko
48 - Zlatan Ibrahimović
46 - Eusébio
46 - Filippo Inzaghi
44 - Mohamed Salah
44 - Didier Drogba
43 - Neymar
42 - Kylian Mbappé
42 - Alessandro Del Piero
41 - Sergio Agüero
37 - Erling Haaland
Haaland is the only one averaging more than a goal-per-game.
Warren Zaïre-Emery picked up the MVP for dropping two assists against Milan—no player in the UCL has more this season (3)
He’s 17
Fermin Lopez and Xavi Simons were best friends growing up in the Barcelona academy together.
They’ve each won Player of the Match awards in the Champions League this season
It’s a La Masia thing
(: _ferminlopez/IG, RB Leipzig, FC Barcelona)
Warren Zaïre-Emery made history becoming the youngest player to get two assists in a Champions League match.
He also picked up the Man of the Match award.
He’s only 17
Last night’s win saw Pep Guardiola equal his 16-game unbeaten run with Barcelona in the Champions League
Porto’s Evanilson was named the Champions League Player of the Week after his hat-trick heroics against Antwerp