More than two years elapsed for goal scoring machine Bayern Munich to lose a Champions League game. The last time it happened was against Liverpool, in the same season that the ‘Reds’ lifted the title. PSG defeated them 3-2 in the first leg of the quarterfinals at the Allianz Arena in Germany.
The ball belonged to Bayern for most of the match: in possession they had 64% compared to 34% for PSG. The Bavarian club fired 31 times on goal, but PSG was more forceful with a double from Kylian Mbappé, which meant eight goals for the Frenchman this season and was two behind the top scorer in the Champions League, the Norwegian from Borussia Dortmund, Erling Haaland.
Another Champions leader is Neymar, who with two passes on goal increased the gap of the competition’s top assistants since the 2013-14 season with 26, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with 23 and Ángel Di María with 20, according to information from ESPN Data.
For his part, Thomas Müller, who scored one of Bayern’s two goals, reached his 48th goal in the elimination phase in the Champions League, equaling Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Andrey Shevchenko in eighth position; Ahead of this group, with 50 goals, is Thierry Henry. Müller’s contribution was not enough and Bayern lost their 19-game unbeaten streak in the Champions League, remaining with the second-longest unbeaten streak in the competition’s history.
Chelsea on track to first semi-final since 2014
Chelsea can start making their plans for a semi-final clash against Real Madrid or Liverpool, as they took the score 2-0 on the road after defeating Porto. The ‘Blues’ are facing the opportunity to return to the semifinals after six years of absence. Porto played at home in Seville, Spain, due to travel restrictions between Portugal and the United Kingdom. The second leg on Wednesday will also be there.
Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount opened the scoring in the 32nd minute and at the age of 22 became the youngest player to score for this team in the Champions League knockout stage, beating Salomon Kalou’s previous record in 2008.
In addition, with the goal, Mount has scored more goals in all competitions for Thomas Tuchel than any other Chelsea player, with five.
The second goal fell as a result of an error by Jesús ‘Tecatito’ Corona. At minute 85, the Mexican did not control a ball well in the local defensive zone and Ben Chilwell stood alone against Agustín Marchesín to convert the goal.
With this, Chelsea claimed to win consecutive knockout matches away in the Champions League for the first time since April 2004, with Claudio Ranieri.
Thanks to those goals, the pair became the first pair of English players to score for Chelsea in a Champions League game since Frank Lampard and John Terry did so against Napoli in March 2012.
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