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UCL: All The Records Broken In First Stage Of PSG Vs Man City Semi Final Clash
Manchester City came from 1-0 down to claim a 1-2 win that gives them the advantage over Paris Saint German ahead of their UCL Semi Final second leg match.
Listed below are major records set by both teams
(1) Riyad Mahrez becomes the first Algerian player to score in the Semi-Finals of the Champions League.
(2) Di María has been directly involved in all Paris Saint German semi-final goals (1 goal, 3 assists)
(3) Marquinhos has scored 5 goals in his last 12 Champions League games.
(4) Kevin De Bruyne has now scored 10 goals in the Champions League, 7 was in the knockout phase.
(5) No player has more assists in the Champions League than the Argentinian winger Angel Di Maria (30) since the start of 2010-11 season.
(6) Kevin De Bruyne is the fourth different player to score in three consecutive UEFA Champions League matches against Paris Saint German after Lionel Messi, Marcus Rashford (3 each) and Neymar (4).
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(7) Manchester City have scored five direct free kick goals in the Champions League under Pep Guardiola:
De Bruyne vs Barcelona (2016)
Leroy Sané vs Hoffenheim (2018)
Leroy Sané vs Schalke (2019)
Ikay Gündoğan vs Porto (2020)
Riyad Mahrez vs PSG (2021)
(8) PSG have conceded their first direct free kick goal in Champions League since the one netted by Neymar jnr with Barcelona in March 2017.
(9)The Algerian top scorers in the Champions League after Riyad Mahrez scored against PSG.
Yacine Brahimi scored 8 goals
Riyad Mahrez have also scored 8 goals
Sofiane Feghouli then scored 6 goals
(10) Kevin De Bruyne has scored 3 goals against Paris Saint German in 3 games.
(11) Idrissa Gueye is the first player to be sent off twice in a single UEFA Champions League campaign since Alvaro Arbeloa for Real Madrid in 2012-13.
(12) Riyad Mahrez has been directly involved in 20 goals in just 26 starts in the UEFA Champions League (8 goals, 12 assists).
(13) PSG and Brazilian defender Marquinhos is only the third player in ChampionsLeague history to score in the quarter-final and semi-final in consecutive seasons, after Cristiano Ronaldo (2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14) and Antoine Griezmann (2015-16, 2016-17).
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