On April 27, Beijing time, in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Manchester City defeated Real Madrid 4-3 at home and came out on top. This game has set a number of records, let's take stock together.
1. In the opening 93 seconds, De Bruyne's header broke the goal, setting a record for the fastest goal in the Champions League in Manchester City's history, the previous record was 95 seconds for Stones in 2017.
2.93 seconds, also the fastest goal scored in the history of the Champions League semi-finals.
3. De Bruyne scored 12 goals in the Champions League, 9 of which occurred in the knockout stage, tied with Aguero as City's champions league knockout scorer.
4. In the 11th minute, Jesus went down again, scoring 20 goals in 37 Champions League appearances, equalizing Kane, Torres and Bale.
5. Manchester City are the third team in history to score two goals in the opening 11 minutes of the Champions League semi-finals, the first two being Juve in 1999 and Manchester United in 2009.
6. This is the first time in Real Madrid's history that they have scored two goals in the opening 11 minutes of the Champions League.
7. Benzema pulled a goal back in the 33rd minute, spooned a penalty in the 82nd minute, and scored 41 goals in all competitions this season, the second after Levan.
8. Benzema has scored 41 goals in 41 games this season, the first Real Madrid player with 40+ goals in a single season after the departure of Ronaldo in 2018, and the fifth in team history, the top 4 being Di Stefano, Puskas, Ugo Sanchez and Ronaldo.
9. This is Benzema's 600th appearance for Real Madrid in all competitions, and the 8th in team history.
10. Benzema has scored 14 goals in the Champions League this season, surpassing Levan and is also the fourth player in history to score 14+ goals in the Champions League in a single season, the top three being Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi and Levan.
11. Benzema is also the second French player to score 40+ goals in a single season in the five major leagues, after Givas in 1996-97 and Mbappe in 2020-21.
12. Benzema scored 9 goals in this Champions League knockout round, becoming the first player to score at least 8+ goals in the Champions League knockout round since Ronaldo in the 2016-17 season.
13. In the 53rd minute, Foden scored his first goal in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and was the eighth English player to score in the semi-finals since the Restructuring of the Champions League.
14. Foden scored nine goals in his Champions League career, equaling The Rooney record and becoming the U21 England player with the most goals.
At 15.21 years and 333 days, Foden became the second youngest English goal scorer in the Champions League semi-finals, the first being Rooney, who was 21 years old and 182 days old.
16. In the 55th minute, Vinicius scored his debut goal in the champions league semi-finals, scoring three goals in the champions league knockout round.
17. This is the 10th time this season that Venetus and Benzema have scored for Real Madrid.
18. Vinicius has scored 3 goals and 6 assists in the Champions League this season, and has participated in 9 goals, more than in the previous three seasons combined.
19. In the 74th minute, Table B scored another goal, his first home goal in the Champions League since April 2019.
20. This is the first time since April 2013 that Real Madrid have conceded four goals in a single Game in the Champions League.