2023-11-07 22:49:00
Written by: Ibrahim Ali
Wednesday 8 November 2023 12:49 AM
The fourth round of the group stage of the Champions League began on Tuesday evening, and witnessed many exciting matches, as the Italian club Milan won over its French counterpart, Paris Saint-Germain, by two goals to one, while Barcelona was defeated by the Ukrainian club, Shakhtar Donetsk, with an unanswered goal.
The first day of the fourth round of the Champions League witnessed many records achieved by different players and clubs as well.
Antoine Griezmann, the Spanish player for Atletico Madrid, achieved a record following he was able to score in 3 consecutive matches in the Champions League for the first time in his career.
Barcelona player Robert Lewandowski achieved a negative number, following failing to score in any of his last six matches with Barcelona in all competitions.
We review for you the most prominent records witnessed on Tuesday in the Champions League:
Barcelona have won their first three Champions League matches this season, and have only won their first four group stage matches in two seasons, in 2002-03 and 2020-21.
Newcastle are the first team to start a Champions League match with at least eight different English players since Manchester United’s FC Košice in November 1997.
Niklas Volkrug (30 years and 271 days) is the oldest German to score his first Champions League goal since Sebastian Kehl (34 years and 34 days) in March 2014, also for Dortmund.
Shakhtar Donetsk achieves its first Champions League victory of 2021
Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in their last 7 home matches in the Champions League
Robert Lewandowski has failed to score in any of his last six matches with Barcelona in all competitions, and this is his worst period without scoring a goal since 10 matches with Borussia Dortmund between December 2010 and February 2011.
Borussia Dortmund have now gone four consecutive home games without conceding a goal for the first time in Champions League history.
Antoine Griezmann scored in 3 consecutive Champions League matches for the first time in his career.
PSG have now scored in their last 48 Champions League group stage matches – the longest such run in the competition’s history.
Milan scores a goal in the Champions League for the first time this season following 55 shots
Erling Hallan scored 38 goals in 34 matches in the Champions League, and he is the only player on the list of scorers in the competition who has more goals than the number of matches he played.
Xavi Simons (20 years and 200 days) is the third youngest Dutch player to score in two consecutive Champions League matches, following Patrick Kluivert in 1995 and Rafael van der Vaart in 2002.
Milan scored a goal and conceded a goal in the first 15 minutes of play in a Champions League match for the first time since September 28, 2005, once morest Schalke.
Ciro Immobile is only the fifth player to score more than 200 goals for one team in the top five European leagues in all competitions since 2016/17 (his first season with Lazio), following Lewandowski (277), Mbappé (224), Messi (219) and Harry. Kane (216).
Manchester City became the 12th team to score 250 goals in the Champions League. They have reached this milestone in fewer matches than any other team (119).
Olivier Giroud (37 years and 38 days) has become the oldest French goalscorer in Champions League history, surpassing Laurent Blanc (36 years and 338 days).
Antoine Griezmann has now scored as many Champions League goals as Gerd Müller (35)
Atletico Madrid’s 6-0 win over Celtic is the biggest win for a team led by a non-European coach in the Champions League.
Milan won a Champions League match following falling behind for the first time since October 21, 2009, in the group stage once morest Real Madrid.
Paris Saint-Germain has lost three consecutive Champions League matches away from home for the first time since 2018
Paris have lost two of their last three Champions League group stage matches (won 1), the same number of losses they have lost in their last 18 matches in the competition (won 12 and drawn 4).
With this 6-0 win over Celtic, Atletico Madrid achieved their biggest win ever in the Champions League and their second biggest win in European competitions following an 8-0 win over Irish side Drumcondra in the 1958 European Cup (8-0).
At the age of 40 years and 254 days, Pepe became the first player over the age of 40 to score a goal in the Champions League.
Ederson won his 50th Champions League match (46 with City and 4 with Benfica), becoming the eighth goalkeeper to reach this milestone in the competition and the fastest to do so (75 matches).
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