By the numbers: City, Monaco combine for record-setting goal haul
All. The. Goals.
When Manchester City and Monaco were paired together in the Round of 16 of this season's Champions League, neutrals were salivating at the prospect of a breakneck, end-to-end tie that would see a plethora of goals.
Tuesday's first-leg contest delivered, and then some.
The two sides, deadly going forward but both looking hilariously vulnerable at the back on this night at the Etihad Stadium, combined for eight tallies, the Citizens getting late goals from John Stones and Leroy Sane to claim a manic 5-3 victory.
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The match will go down as one of the most exciting in tournament history, and now holds the record as the highest-scoring first-leg encounter the competition has ever seen.
Here are some of the other numbers that highlight just how scintillating this match was - and how dizzying the Round of 16 has been thus far:
14: Total goals scored in today's two Champions League matches - Atletico Madrid defeated Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 in the other fixture:
15: After the first goal was scored by Sterling, the longest spell of the match without a tally was just 15 minutes:
(Courtesy: Virgin Media)
29: With two matches to come on Wednesday, we're already at a record high for Round of 16, first-leg scoring:
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