The last six players with 6+ assists in a single UCL campaign:
16-17: Neymar (8)
16-17: Ousmane Dembélé (6)
17-18: James Milner (8)
17-18: Roberto Firmino (7)
19-20: Ángel Di María (6)
20-21: Juan Cuadrado (6)
The Milner-Neymar record is under threat. 
Games needed to score 20 Champions League goals:
Cristiano Ronaldo (56)
Lionel Messi (40)
Robert Lewandowski (36)
Harry Kane (24)
Erling Haaland (14)
Haaland just obliterated Kane’s record. 
10-man Porto score in extra-time, meaning Juve need two in the last five minutes 
Then Adrien Rabiot scores one minute later for Juve
What a finish in prospect 
115’ Juventus 2-2 Porto - Oliveira
117’ Juventus 3-2 Porto - Rabiot
Porto are going through on away goals as it stands, but WOW, Juve are not giving up!
It’s all going off in Turin!
Oliveira (penalty)
Chiesa
Taremi sent off
Chiesa
Oliveira
Rabiot
Porto go through on away goals.
WHAT. A. GAME.
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On this day, in 2004, Porto scored a last-minute equaliser at Old Trafford to knock Man Utd and Cristiano Ronaldo out of the Champions League…
Exactly 17 years later, they’ve knocked out Cristiano Ronaldo again.
19’ Juventus 0-1 Porto (1-3)
49’ Juventus 1-1 Porto (2-3)
54’ Taremi sent off
63’ Juventus 2-1 Porto (3-3)
115’ Juventus 2-2 Porto (3-4)
117’ Juventus 3-2 Porto (4-4)
The Champions League delivers again!
Sérgio Oliveira’s game by numbers vs. Juventus:
100% shot accuracy
72 touches
7 crosses
7 ball recoveries
7 duels won
3 shots
3 shots on target
2 chances created
2 tackles
2 fouls won
2 goals
Sending Porto through to the quarter-finals.
38-year-old Pepe made EIGHTEEN clearances against Juventus, all from inside his own box:
✰ 100% aerial duels won
✰ 18 clearances (most)
✰ 12 headed clearances (most)
✰ 8 ball recoveries
✰ 2 blocked shots
✰ 2 tackles made
An absolute titan 
Rio Ferdinand on Pepe’s performance vs Juventus: “If I’m coaching at a football club now, I would get these clips and clip them up for every centre-half at the club to watch.”
2003-04 - FC Porto have progressed in a Champions League knockout tie after winning the first leg for the first time since the 2003-04 quarter-final vs Lyon. Survival.
August 7, 2020:
Lyon knock Juventus out in the Ro16
March 9, 2021:
Porto knock Juventus out in the Ro16
Twice in seven months 
Most clearances in a UCL knockout game since 2016-17:
◎ 19 - Diego Godín vs Leicester (18-04-2017)
◉ 18 - Pepe vs Juventus (09-03-2021)
◎ 18 - Stefan Savić vs Liverpool (11-03-2020)
Diego Simeone is on the phone right now. 
Ronaldo took 56 games to score 20 Champions League goals.
Messi was a bit quicker - 40 games.
Lewandowski was even better, only 36 games.
Erling Haaland did it in 14.
FOURTEEN.
Played for an hour with 10 men
Pepe dominating defence at 38
Oliveira coming up clutch in ET
Kept Ronaldo from scoring in both legs
Incredible performance from Porto last night 
Liverpool and RB Leipzig will return to the Puskas Arena in Budapest for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie on Wednesday evening.
The Reds come into the match boasting a 2-0 lead from the first leg, which was also held on neutral territory at the same venue, and will hope to put their domestic difficulties to one side and book a quarter-final spot for the third time in four seasons.
Reasons for cheer are few and far between for Liverpool at the moment, but the first leg of this tie on February 16 was a rare high point in 2021 so far.
A 2-0 victory in the ‘away’ leg at the Puskas Arena means that Jurgen Klopp’s side return to Hungary with one foot in the quarter-final, and they have never before been knocked out of this competition after winning away from home in the first leg.
The Reds have also remarkably never lost any of their previous 20 ‘home’ matches against German opposition, winning 16 and drawing four with an aggregate score of 52-9, although it is difficult to class this match amongst the rest given that it takes place in Hungary, while Liverpool have made a habit of setting unwanted history in recent weeks.
Indeed, Klopp and his players are probably pleased that this match is taking place 1,300 miles away from Merseyside given that they have now incredibly lost their last six games at Anfield - the worst run in the club’s 129-year history.
The most recent of those was a 1-0 reverse at the hands of relegation-threatened Fulham on Sunday, meaning that Liverpool are also still without a goal from open play at home this calendar year; their only home goal of any kind in their last seven outings came via the penalty spot in a 4-1 defeat to Manchester City.
Liverpool Champions League form:
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Liverpool form (all competitions):
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RB Leipzig Champions League form:
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RB Leipzig form (all competitions):
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