IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Bukayo Saka became the first Arsenal player to score 5 goals in a Champions League season since Olivier Giroud in 2015-16 (also 5) and the first ever English player to do it for Arsenal.
Statistics on Champions’ League: Quarter-finals, 2nd leg (April 16)
Real Madrid vs Arsenal 1-2 (agg 1-5)
*This is the first time Real Madrid have lost a Champions League quarter-final since 2004 (to Monaco).
*This is the first time Real Madrid have failed to reach the semi-finals with Carlo Ancelotti.
*It is the first knockout round with 2 defeats for Real Madrid since 2019-20 (1-2, 1-2 vs Manchester City).
*Real Madrid lost a European Cup/Champions League tie by the 4+ goal margin for the 4th time, after:
1-6 vs Milan in 1989,
0-5 vs Liverpool in 2009,
1-5 vs Manchester City in 2023.
*Real Madrid finished this UCL campaign with 3 defeats in a row (also vs Atlético in the round of 16). It is their joint-longest losing streak in the competition (including European Cup era), along with:
1981-1986, vs Inter, Liverpool and Young Boys,
2020, vs Manchester City (twice) and Shakhtar.
*Real Madrid have lost 6 games in the Champions League this season overall: their new highest total of defeats in a Champions League campaign (exceeding 5 defeats in 2000-01).
*The last 4 UCL European Cup knockout ties lost by Real Madrid were all against English opponents, also in 2020 and 2023 vs Manchester City, in 2021 vs Chelsea.
*Arsenal are through to the semi-final of the Champions League for the first time since 2009 and for the 3rd time overall (also in 2006).
It is the first time Arsenal won a UCL two-legged tie against a team from the top 5 leagues since 2009 (against Villarreal in the quarter-finals).
*Arsenal have eliminated the Champions League title holders for just the second time, previously doing so against Milan in 2007-08.
*Arsenal are the first team ever to win each of their first 2 games against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu in all competitions (after 1-0 away win in 2006).
*Arsenal is the team that has played Real Madrid the most times (4 matches) without losing (3 wins, 1 draw).
Other opponents Real Madrid have never beaten in a competitive match:
Ipswich (2 games), Vasconia, Aberdeen, Corinthians, Necaxa, Boca Juniors, Toledo, Lille (1 game each).
*Real Madrid at least have finally scored against Arsenal, for the for the first time between them.
*Jude Bellingham made his 47th appearance in the Champions League tonight, equalling the most by a player aged 21 or under in the competition’s history (level with Iker Casillas, 47).
*Luka Modrić has now played more European Cup/Champions League games (134) than any other outfielder in Real Madrid’s history (surpassing Karim Benzema, 133).
*Vinícius Júnior became just the 2nd player directly involved in 10+ goals in 4+ Champions League campaigns for Real Madrid (after Cristiano Ronaldo).
*Thibaut Courtois has saved 3 of his last 6 penalties faced in the Champions League, this time from Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka (also on 15 February 2022 from Messi vs PSG and on 2 November 2022 from Juranovic vs Celtic).
Courtois equaled Iker Casillas as the Real Madrid goalkeeper with the most penalties saved (3) in the history of competition.
*Kylian Mbappé had no goal involvements in his last 4 Champions League matches (0 goals, 0 assists). This is the worst run of his career in the competition.
*Bukayo Saka became the first Arsenal player to score 5 goals in a Champions League season since Olivier Giroud in 2015-16 (also 5) and the first ever English player to do it for Arsenal.
*Mikel Merino (Arsenal) became just the 2nd visiting player to have provided 2 assists at the Santiago Bernabéu in a Champions League match in the last 20 years, along with Dusan Tadic (Ajax) in 2019.
Inter vs Bayern 2-2 (agg 4-3)
*Inter have conceded just 1 first half goal across their 12 Champions League matches this season.
*Simone Inzaghi is only one of 2 coaches in Inter's history to have reached the semi-final in 2+ different seasons in European Cup/Champions League, after Helenio Herrera (4 in a row between 1963-64 and 1966-67).
*Lautaro Martínez became the first Inter player to score in 5 consecutive UCL games.
*Lautaro Martínez is the first foreign player of Inter to reach 150 goals in all competitions (overall he is the 6th player to achieve this milestone in the club history).
*Harry Kane became the 3rd fastest player to reach 40 goals in the Champions League (in 57 games),
behind: Erling Haaland (35) and Ruud Van Nistelrooy (45),
ahead of: Kylian Mbappé (59), Lionel Messi (61), Robert Lewandowski (61).