5 interesting stats from Matchday-4 of UEFA Champions League 2019-20
The fourth matchday of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League saw the likes of Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, and Juventus qualify for the round-of -16 with two games to spare, as 56 goals were scored on the matchday to take the season total to 207.
Galatasaray remains the only team in this season's competition not to have scored a goal and Real Madrid's young sensation Rodrygo scored the 96 hat-trick of the competition and the only one of Matchday-4.
Amidst a slew of record-breaking performances by players and teams, the following five stand out most
#1: Erling Braut Haland becomes the first player to score seven goals in his first four UEFA Champions League games
Erling Braut Haland has taken to the UEFA Champions League like a fish to water as the teenager scored in what was his fourth consecutive game in the competition to take his tally to seven so far.
Haland's goal in RB Salzburg's 1-1 draw at Napoli kept his club in the reckoning for a place in the round-of-16 while making the Norwegian only the fourth player in the competition history, to have scored in each of his first four appearances. The others are Ze Carlos (FC Porto), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) and Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid).
Haland is also the current top-scorer in this season's UEFA Champions League.
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