The UEFA Champions League knockout stage continued this week with Arsenal and Barcelona having a rough go of things in their first UCL knockout match.
FC Porto snatched a shocking last-gasp 1-0 victory against Arsenal while Napoli fought back to hold visitors Barcelona to a dour 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. Inter Milan beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 to continue their good run of form while PSV rallied to draw 1-1 with Dortmund.
ESPN's By The Numbers brings you the best stats from the UCL round-of-16 matches:
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Arsenal are on a 5-game losing streak in the UCL knock-out stage. Their last such win was in March 2015 vs Monaco.
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Arsenal have gone on to be eliminated the last 6 times they lost the first leg of a two-legged UCL knock-out stage tie. The last time it overturned a first-leg loss was in the 2009-10 Round of 16 vs .... Porto.
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Porto's Galeano scored the fifth latest regulation game winner in UCL knock-out stage history.
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Galeano is first player to score a game winner in the 90th minute-or-later from outside the box in the UCL KO Stage since Chelsea's Raul Meireles vs Benfica in April 2012.
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Robert Lewandowski scored Barcelona's first knock-out stage goal since Lionel Messi scored against PSG at the Parc des Princes back in March 2021.
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Lewandowski also ended a 7-game road UCL scoring drought. It's his first road UCL goal for Barcelona and his first since scoring at Dynamo Kiev in November 2021.
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Lewandowski now has 31 career UCL KO stage goals and is 3 away from Karim Benzema for third-most behind Cristiano Ronaldo's 67 and Lionel Messi's 49.
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Barcelona hasn't shut out an opponent in a road UCL KO stage game in 5 years, since April 2019 at Manchester United (won 1-0).
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Francesco Calzona debuted as Napoli coach, becoming the first person to make his club debut in a UEFA knock-out stage match.
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Inter Milan extended their winning streak to 9 games in all competitions, their longest since April 2021 under Antonio Conte (also 9.)
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Atlético Madrid failed to record a shot on target for the first time in all competitions since April 2022 (vs Manchester City in the UCL Quarterfinals.)
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Luuk de Jong scored his ninth UCL goal for PSV, breaking a tie with Ruud van Nistelrooy for most UCL goals for PSV.
Messi-Ronaldo Watch
For those missing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, they too were in action this week away from in European football.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the AFC Champions Leagur and has now scored in 8 straight games for Al Nassr.
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In their MLS season opener, Messi assisted Inter Miami's first-half goal. In competitive matches, Inter Miami is 7-0-3 when Messi has a goal contribution.
(Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)