Neymar scored Paris Saint-Germain's 2nd on Wednesday against Liverpool to give the divisive star 31 Champions League goals. That surpasses Kaka for most all-time by a Brazilian.

Monaco's Han-Noah Massengo and Benoit Badiashile became the 1st 2 players born this century to start in the Champions League. They were among 4 teens to start in Wednesday's defeat at Atletico.

Lyon's Maxwel Cornet has scored 3 goals in the Champions League, with all 3 at the expense of tournament faves Manchester City. Not bad for a player yet to start a match in Ligue 1.

Napoli's Belgian forward Dries Mertens scored twice on Wednesday vs. Red Star, and in doing so became just the 6th player from the Campania lot to score 100 goals in all competitions.

Bayern's Robert Lewandowski scored twice vs. Benfica to become the 7th to register 50 Champions League goals, and the 3rd quickest to the milestone behind Ruud van Nistelrooy and Lionel Messi.

Marouane Fellaini's last-ditch goal on Tuesday vs. Young Boys was Manchester United's 1st 90th-minute winner in 11 years, since Cristiano Ronaldo scored against boyhood club Sporting.

Dusan Tadic's brace propelled Ajax to a 2-0 victory at AEK Athens as the Amsterdam side progressed to the knockout stage for the first time since 2005-06, ending a 13-year wait for the former continental giants.