Tuesday’s Champions League action saw the usual aspects score multiple goals and lead their teams to comfortable victories.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice on his 400th Real Madrid appearance as the title holders defeated Borussia Dortmund 3-1, while Harry Kane grabbed a hat-trick in Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-0 win at APOEL Nicosia and Wissam Ben Yedder became the first Sevilla player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League.
Kevin De Bruyne curled in a sublime 25-yard strike as Manchester City overcame spirited resistance from Shakhtar Donestk, with Raheem Sterling completing a 2-0 victory, while Liverpool were held to a 1-1 draw away to Spartak Moscow despite a sparkling strike from Philippe Coutinho.
#UCL RESULTS!
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 26, 2017
Performance of the night? 💪 pic.twitter.com/2BfJwFfcAg
⚽️ TOP SCORERS ⚽️
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 26, 2017
5⃣ @HKane
4⃣ @Cristiano
4⃣ @WissBenYedder #UCL pic.twitter.com/3c6J8HhTx0
Here are all the big, crazy and mind-blowing numbers from day one of week two of Champions League 2017-’18.
Harry ‘Hat-trick’ Kane
England striker Kane notched his sixth hat-trick of the year – and made it 11 goals for club and country in September – as Spurs backed up their opening victory over Dortmund with a comfortable win in Cyprus.
6 - With his three goals against APOEL Nicosia, Harry Kane has now scored six hat-tricks in 2017. Ridiculous.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 26, 2017
Harry Kane is the seventh English player with a #UCL hat trick, first since Danny Welbeck in Oct. 2014.
— Paul Carr (@PCarrESPN) September 26, 2017
Kane equals the CL RECORD of scoring 5 goals in the first two CL matches of a season, after Cristiano Ronaldo and Filippo Inzaghi. #coys
— Gracenote Live (@GracenoteLive) September 26, 2017
Harry Kane's record for Spurs across all competitions in 2017:
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 26, 2017
30 games 🏃
34 goals ⚽️
6 hat-tricks 🎩
Not many better than that. pic.twitter.com/NKXwCkOBhF
Ronaldo rolls on
Ronaldo, without a goal in his last two outings following his return from a five-match domestic ban, took his Real haul to 411 on what was also his 150th career appearance in Europe.
Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 93 goals in 90 #UCL games for Real Madrid. 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/rCQSsPCYhY
— Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 26, 2017
Cristiano Ronaldo: Has now scored 14 goals in just 9 Champions League appearances in 2017
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) September 26, 2017
6 - Cristiano Ronaldo's last seven shots on target in #UCL:
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) September 26, 2017
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Stellar. pic.twitter.com/p2MSxH2rBs
Real Madrid completed 100% of their take-ons (9) vs BVB.
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 27, 2017
The first side to do so in a Champions League game since Juventus (8) in 2013. 💯 pic.twitter.com/BvHSNA9ZI0
Numbers that count
None of @ManCity’s previous 37 Champions League group games have ended goalless. Impressive! 👏#MCFC #UCL
— FourFourTwo ⚽️ (@FourFourTwo) September 26, 2017
(via Opta) pic.twitter.com/4LJ70GRDvf
Liverpool's Last 6 Games:
— SPORF (@Sporf) September 26, 2017
🎯 121 Shots
⚽️ 6 Goals
🚫 13 Conceded
😳 1 Win pic.twitter.com/xEQ9A75LPP
Since Liverpool last won a Champions League away game, Ryan Babel:
— bet365 (@bet365) September 26, 2017
Left Anfield
Had six clubs
Joined Besiktas
Scored in a CL away win pic.twitter.com/1oLnqpzKFc
3 - Wissam Ben Yedder is the first @SevillaFC_ENG player to score a hat-trick in the #UCL / European Cup history. Idol pic.twitter.com/2fvrrqeReV
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) September 26, 2017
Wissam Ben Yedder's game by numbers vs. Maribor:
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) September 26, 2017
86% pass accuracy
8 shots
6 shots on target
4 chances created
3 goals
History maker. 🎩 pic.twitter.com/lTvOxyI4dQ
A goal against Monaco means Vincent Aboubakar has now scored 7 goals in his last 7 appearances for Porto
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) September 26, 2017