After yesterday’s return of the Champions League matches, many numbers and statistics on the matches played have been stopped, and we will present the most striking of them, according to Opta Joe, which specializes in numbers.
Jude Bellingham became the first British teenager to score in three Champions League seasons (2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023).
– Erling Haaland became the first Manchester City player to score in his first match for the team in the Premier League or Champions League.
– Haaland managed to become the fourth player in Champions League history to score in his first match for three different teams (Salzburg, Borussia Dortmund and City) after Fernando Morientes, Javier Saviola and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
– Kylian Mbappé scored five times in the first five minutes of his participation in the Champions League. Mbappe in this area is only ahead of Lionel Messi, who scored 6 times.
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has been in charge of his team for the 100th time. In the first 50 matches, the team conceded 24 goals, and in the remaining 50 matches – 53.
Source: El Iktisad