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📊 | STAT LEADERS Most in the UCL today: ⚽️ Goals – Florian Wirtz (2) 🅰️ Assists – Vanderson (2) 📦 xA – Ludovic Ajorque (0.79) 💨 Successful dribbles – Quinten Timber (4) ⚔️ Duels won – Ludovic Ajorque (12) 📥 Touches in pen. area – Ángel Correa (10) 🧲 Interceptions – Robert Andrich (4) 🧤 Saves – Marc-André ter Stegen (6) ✋ Goals prevented – David Raya (1.47)

🌍 | UCL STANDINGS With the first round of the 2024/25 UCL League Phase now in the books, here's how the top 8 looks! Goal difference could be quite important in this new format, so these eight sides did an important job in their opening matches. 💪

🔎 | FOCUS David Raya in Arsenal's first five matches of the season: 🧼 4 clean sheets 🧤 16 saves ⭕️ 1 goal conceded ✅ 94% save percentage ✋ 2.61 Goals prevented ✈️ 8 high claims 📈 7.72 avg Sofascore Rating Incredible level of goalkeeping by the Spaniard. 🔥

🌍 | MONACO BEAT @BARCELONAen • xG: 1.20 – 0.36 • Shots (on target): 18 (8) – 4 (1) • Big chances: 2 – 0 • Touches in pen. area: 29 – 7 • Possession: 56% – 44% Eric García's early red card set the tone for this one, as the hosts dominated tonight.

🌟 | PLAYER OF THE MATCH Antoine Griezmann v RB Leipzig: 👌 74 touches ⚽️ 1 goal 🎯 5 shots/1 on target (0.72 xG) 🅰️ 1 assist 🔑 3 key passes (=🥇) 🔭 3/3 accurate long balls 👟 40/49 accurate passes (0.35 xA) ⚔️ 6/7 duels won 📈 9.0 Sofascore Rating (🥇) @Madrid_Atletico's star man in a 2–1 win. 🇫🇷⭐️

🌍 | NO GOALS IN BERGAMO • xG: 1.12 – 0.79 • Shots (on target): 8 (2) – 6 (2) • Big chances: 2 – 2 • Touches in pen. area: 16 – 9 • Possession: 54% – 46% A rather uneventful clash, aside from David Raya's stunning double save of Mateo Retegui's penalty.

💎 | DREAM UCL DEBUT Florian Wirtz v Feyenoord: 👌 44 touches ⚽️ 2 goals (🥇) 🎯 3 shots/2 on target (0.58 xG) 🔑 3 key passes (=🥇) ⚔️ 5/5 duels won 🦵 3 tackles 📈 9.0 Sofascore Rating (🥇) Outstanding display by the 21-year-old in Bayer Leverkusen's 4–0 win! 👏👏

📜 | UCL HISTORICAL DATA Since the start of 2003/04, only three pairs of teammates have recorded a perfect rating in the same #UCL match: 🔟 Andrey Arshavin & Cesc Fàbregas v Braga in 2010 🔟 Lionel Messi & Neymar v Celtic in 2016 🔟 Mohamed Salah & Roberto Firmino v Roma in 2018 Iconic duos. 🤝

Hansi Flick really achieved his dream of coaching @BarcelonaEn 💙❤️

William Saliba believes there's only one thing stopping him from being the best defender in the world 🏆