IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Harry Kane is the seventh player to reach 70+ goals in the history of major European competitions.
Champions League statistics: league stage, round 7 (January 21)
Slavia Prague vs Barcelona 2-4
*It was Barcelona's eighth consecutive match (in all competitions) without playing at home. There was only one other such streak in the club's history, quite recently (in January 2021).
*Barça made 8th comeback this season (in all competitions): one shy of the statistics of 2024-25 season (nine comebacks).
*Robert Lewandowski became the 2nd Barça player with a goal and an own goal in a European Cup/Champions League match, after Abelardo (vs PSV in 1997).
*Slavia became the 39th opponent Lewandowski has scored against in the Champions League. Only Lionel Messi scored against more (40). Cristiano Ronaldo is the next with 38 different victims.
*Lewandowski has become the second oldest goalscorer (aged 37 years and 153 days) in the Champions League with a Spanish side, after Sergio Ramos with Sevilla in December 2023 (37 years 257 days).
*Lewandowski became the 4th player in the European Cup/Champions League history to score 20+ goals for two clubs (69 for Bayern, 20 for Barcelona), along with:
Neymar (22 for PSG, 21 for Barcelona),
Cristiano Ronaldo (105 for Real Madrid, 21 for Manchester United),
Harry Kane (26 for Bayern, 21 for Tottenham).
Marseille vs Liverpool 0-3
*Marseille extended their run of Champions League games without a draw to 31 (8 wins, 23 losses), while Liverpool haven't drawn any of their last 28 (20 wins, 8 losses). It's the two longest runs without a draw in the competition's history.
*Virgil van Dijk has played his 36th consecutive Champions League match without a draw. He beat the tournament’s record of Real Madrid’s Dani Ceballos who hasn’t yet tied any of his 35 Champions League matches (27 wins, 8 losses).
*Mohamed Salah has made his 88th appearance in major European competitions for Liverpool, moving level with Ian Callaghan; only Jamie Carragher (130) and Steven Gerrard (111) have now made more for the Reds.
Galatasaray vs Atlético Madrid 1-1
*Before this game, Atlético were another club with long drawless series in Champions league (23 matches: 16 wins, 7 losses).
Their last draw was in October 2023 (2-2 against Celtic).
Atalanta vs Athletic Bilbao 2-3
*Athletic have won their 2nd match against an Italian opposition away from home in their history in European competitions after beating Sampdoria in UEFA Cup in September 1997.
*Athletic hadn't held an away advantage in a Champions League match since 2014 (against Shakhtar, when they won 1-0).
Newcastle vs PSV Eindhoven 3-0
*Anthony Gordon has scored six goals in the Champions League this season; the joint-most by a Newcastle player in a single edition, equalling Alan Shearer's six in 2002-03.
Chelsea vs Pafos 1-0
*Chelsea are now unbeaten in their last 15 home games in the Champions League group stage/league phase (winning all last 6 of them).
Bayern vs Union Saint-Gilloise 2-0
*Harry Kane is the seventh player to reach 70+ goals in the history of major European competitions. Now he is at 71.
The others are Cristiano Ronaldo (145), Lionel Messi (132), Robert Lewandowski (113), Karim Benzema (92), Raúl (76), and Filippo Inzaghi (70).
Qarabag vs Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2
*Qarabag have defeated a team from one of Europe's top four leagues for the first time in their history in major European competitions, after 6 draws and 26 losses in 32 previous such games.
*Qarabag’s Bahlul Mustafazada became the first Azerbaijani goalscorer in Champions League history.
Juventus vs Benfica 2-0
*Since his debut with Juventus in 2020-21, no player has scored more goals in the Champions League for Juventus than Weston McKennie: now 9, along with Dusan Vlahovic.