📊 King Pep, Gnabry and Mertens: This week's top CL stats 💫

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Joel Sanderson-Murray·27 February 2020

📊 King Pep, Gnabry and Mertens: This week's top CL stats 💫

The first legs of the round of 16 ties are over and we have had some exhilarating games with a promise of huge drama in the second legs.

Here are all the best stats from this week’s Champions League football …

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Historic win

Manchester City’s 2-1 win at the Santiago Bernabéu was their first ever victory over Real Madrid and they became only the third English team to win at the Bernabéu after Arsenal (2006) and Liverpool (2009).

King of Naples

Dries Mertens’ exquisite finish against Barcelona means he is now level with Marek Hamsik as Napoli’s joint-top goalscorer of all time (121).

London Calling

After his brace at Stamford Bridge, Serge Gnabry is the first player in the competition’s history to score each of his first six goals in the CL against sides from the same nation (four against Tottenham Hotspur).

Famine for Juve

Juventus didn’t manage a single shot on target in their 1-0 defeat in Lyon.

This was only the third occasion that they have failed to do so after Atlético in 2014 and Arsenal in 2006.

Mastermind

Pep Guardiola’s tactical masterclass led City to victory in Madrid.

He has now become the manager with the most wins in Champions League knockout games (28), overtaking José Mourinho, Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlo Ancelotti.

We need to talk about Kevin

Kevin De Bruyne eased Manchester City’s penalty woes with the winning goal from the spot in Madrid.

This was the first time in his career that De Bruyne has scored a penalty in normal time.

Antoine the bagsman

Antoine Griezmann’s equaliser against Napoli means he has now scored as many Champions League career goals as Luís Figo, Gonzalo Higuaín and Luis Suárez (24).