FC Barcelona started the match very well, because in the 13th minute, Inigo Martinez scored a cross from a free kick into the net. Unexpectedly, the rivals equalized after Silas' goal, but Robert Lewandowski responded after a quarter of an hour. In the second half, fans saw as many as four goals, three of which were scored by Hansi Flick's players.
Robert Lewandowski scores a double in the Champions League. Here are the all-time rankings
– Typical sniper nose of Robert Lewandowski – this is how Canal+ Sport commentators summed up our player's first goal in Wednesday's Champions League match. He sent the ball into the net for the second time in the 53rd minute, and he did it in an unusual way, because after hitting… with his thigh. It was his fifth goal in this edition, as he had previously also beaten the goalkeepers of BSC Young Boys and Bayern Munich. Therefore, he already has more goals than in the previous season, and it cannot be ruled out that he will want to refer to the best competition of 2019/20, when he finished the competition with 15 goals.
Thanks to his goals against Red, our player not only advanced in the current season's scorers' standings, but also reduced the gap to Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi in the list of the most effective Champions League players of all time. The Portuguese is the undisputed leader with 140 goals, while Messi has 129. The Pole currently has 99 goals.
Apart from him, there are only two active players in the top group who are currently playing in Europe and can improve the balance. The first is Lewandowski's friend Thomas Mueller (54 goals), who is at the end of his career, and the second is Kylian Mbappe, who has recently been in terrible form. He has 49 goals to his credit.
Table of the best scorers in the history of the Champions League:
- 1. Cristiano Ronaldo* (Portugal) – 140 goals
- 2. Lionel Messi* (Argentina) – 129
- 3. Robert Lewandowski* (Poland) – 99
- 4. Karim Benzema* (France) – 90
- 5. Raul Gonzalez (Spain) – 71
- 6. Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands) – 56
- 7. Thomas Mueller* (Germany) – 54
- 8. Thierry Henry (France) – 50
- 9. Alfredo di Stefano (Spain) – 49
- 10. Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) – 48
- . Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden) – 48
- 12. Kylian Mbappe* (France) – 49
- * – active football players
Robert Lewandowski will be able to improve his goal tally on Tuesday, November 26, when FC Barcelona will face Stade Brestois at home. Then it will face Borussia Dortmund, Benfica and Atalanta in the league phase.