The UEFA Champions League returned with a very dramatic Matchday 2 of the 2026-27 league phase.
The 18 matches across two days saw some stunning results, goal fests, late comebacks and TWO Lionel Messi records fall... to Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland.
The biggest results were defending champions Paris Saint-Germain outdoing Manchester City 4-2, Real Madrid coming back from 3-1 down to beat AS Roma 4-3 in a thriller, Atletico Madrid piling on the misery on Manchester United with a 2-0 win, Bayern Munich being held 3-3 by Norwegian side Viking FK while Internazionale were stunned by Club Brugge.
By The Numbers brings you the best stats from MD2 of the 2026-27 UCL league phase:
100
Kylian Mbappé made his 100th UCL appearance, becoming the youngest player to reach the milestone in competition history at 27 years, 298 days, breaking the record previously set by... Lionel Messi (28 years and 84 days).
72
Mbappé scored his 72nd career UCL goal, breaking a tie with Raúl González for fifth most all-time.
24.9
Kylian Mbappe scored his sixth career goal from outside the box in UCL. At a distance of 24.9 meters (27.3 yards), it is the furthest goal scored in his UCL career.
Since his debut in UCL in 2016-17, only 4 players have more goals from outside the box in UCL than him, including Messi, Salah and Neymar.
2
Real Madrid became the second team since 2010-11 to win a UCL game in regulation after trailing by 2+ goals in the 80th minute-or-later.
5
This is the fifth win by Real Madrid in UCL after trailing by multiple goals, the most such wins by any team in history.
3
Real Madrid is the 5th team (and 7th instance) to score 3 goals off corner kicks in a UCL game since at least 2010-11.
3
Carlos Espí has 3 goals in 38 minutes played since joining Real Madrid.
2+
Manchester City conceded 2+ goals inside the first 15 minutes of a UCL match at home for the second time. The first was back in April 2019, in an eventual 4-3 win vs Tottenham.
3
Manchester City conceded 3 first-half goals at home in a UCL game for the first time. The last time it ever happened? November 2015 vs Liverpool in the Premier League.
4
PSG became the first French club to score 4+ away goals vs an English team in UCL.
60
Erling Haaland scored his 60th goal in 60 career UCL games. That's the most goals in first 60 UCL appearances.
He is the youngest player to reach 60 UCL goals (26 years, 85 days), breaking Lionel Messi's previous record BY JUST ONE DAY (26y, 86d).
37
Erling Haaland scored his 37th UCL goals in his 41st appearance for City, breaking a tie with Sergio Agüero (36 goals in 64 appearances) for most UCL goals by a Manchester City player.
21
Ousmane Dembélé scored his 21st UCL goal for PSG to surpass Zlatan Ibrahimovic for fourth-most goals in the competition by PSG players.
14
Arsenal extended their winning streak in the UCL League Phase to 14 games; that's the second longest in the League Phase/Group Stage in tournament history.
7.18
Arsenal scored all 3 goals against Lille in a span of 7 minutes, 18 seconds. Arsenal had not scored 3+ goals in a span of 8 minutes or less in UCL since 2025 when Arsenal scored 3 in 7 minutes vs Atlético.
19
Bukayo Saka has scored 19 goals in major European competition for Arsenal, the outright second most of any player at the club after... Thierry Henry (42).
3+
Barcelona has scored 3+ goals in 8 straight games in all competitions this season.
9
Lamine Yamal recorded his ninth assist in 10 Barcelona games this season. He has scored or assisted in each of his last 8 games (7 goal contributions).
17
Barcelona are on a 17-game streak without a shutout in UCL, longest in team history; the team's last shutout in the competition was in April 2025 and they have conceded 32 goals in 17 matches since then.
5
Manchester United are on a 5-game winless streak in all competitions, which is the club's longest run since a six-game streak in January 2025.
2
Manchester United's 2 wins through 9 games this season are its fewest at this stage since 1986-87 (also 2).
1
Pablo Barrios of Atletico Madrid is the first Spaniard to score inside the first minute (0:47) of a UCL game.
It is the fourth goal conceded by Man United inside the first minute in the UCL era.
1
Bradley Barcola scored his first senior hat trick and became the first Frenchman to score a UCL hat trick for Liverpool. Barcola is also Liverpool's first hat trick scorer in any competition since 2024.
9
The 9 goals between Liverpool and LASK are the most combined goals in a UCL match featuring Liverpool. It is also tied for the second most in a UCL game in the last 5 seasons.
2
Ronald Araújo has more goal contributions in the UEFA Champions League for Liverpool (1 goal, 1 assist in 2 appearances) than for Barcelona (1 goal in 35 appearances).
9
Aston Villa is the ninth different Premier League club to score 5+ goals in a UCL game. Outside of the 'Big 6', Leeds (2000) and Newcastle (2026) also did it.
71
At 71 seconds, Viking FK became the second team in the last 2 UCL seasons to score in the opening 2 minutes vs Bayern Munich (Arda Güler at 35 seconds in April 2026).
90
Viking FK tied the match 3-3 vs Bayern Munich with a goal in the 90th minute. It's the first game-tying goal conceded by Bayern Munich in the 90th minute or later in UCL since 2018.
1
Michael Olise got his first career red card with club and country.
16
Harry Kane scored his 16th career penalty kick in UCL, and is now 3 away from tying the record held by Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski.
Bonus: Both of Harry Kane's goals came in a span of 5 minutes, 16 seconds
1
Club Brugge's Nicolo Tresoldi became the first player in UCL history to score a hat trick for a Belgian club.
He joined Andriy Shevchenko and Sergei Semak as the only players to score a road UCL hat trick against a team from the Top 5 European leagues while playing on a club outside that group of teams.
4
Inter Milan has lost its last 4 UCL games, its longest losing streak in the competition.
2
Sabah FK is the 2nd team from Azerbaijan to score a UEFA Champions League goal after Qarabag (18).
3
Barcelona and Real Madrid each came back to win, but Real Betis has now won 3 straight games when trailing across all competitions. They are the third team in UCL history to have a comeback win in each of its first 2 matchdays.
7
Luis Suárez has scored 7 career UCL goals for Sporting CP, breaking a tie with Viktor Gyökeres, Liedson and Trincao for the most by a Sporting CP player in the UCL.
21
Johan Manzambi (21 years) is the second player to score on his UEFA Champions League debut on his birthday. The first is Spartak Moscow's Rômulo vs Barcelona in September 2012 (22) and Unai Emery was Spartak Moscow's manager for that game also.
2
Gleiker Mendoza scored his second UCL goal for Shakhtar Donetsk this season, the most goals by a Venezuelan-born player in a single UCL season. Mendoza joins Salomón Rondón (2 goals for Zenit) as the only Venezuelan players with multiple goals in UCL history.