The most interesting and beautiful club football tournament is back. Matchday 2 was as interesting as we expected. Cristiano Ronaldo made his Champions League debut with Juventus but end up receiving a red card. Manchester City surprisingly lost the game to Lyon.
Here are the most interesting facts about Champions League 2018/19 Matchday 2.
- None of Manchester City’s previous 43 Champions League group games have ended goalless.
- Manchester City are the first English team to lose four consecutive Champions League matches in the competition's history.
- Six of the last eight instances of Manchester City conceding twice in the first half of a match at the Etihad have been in the Champions League.
- Only Sergio Aguero (20) has scored more goals in all competitions for Man City during 2018 than Bernardo Silva (9).
- With his appearance for Hoffenheim against Shakhtar Donetsk, Reiss Nelson becomes the eighth Englishman to achieve this feat.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has received his first red card in the Champions League in his 154th appearance in the competition.
- Real Madrid players with the most direct free-kick attempts and goals in 2018 (all comps):
- 1 - Cristiano Ronaldo: 9/0
- 2 - Gareth Bale: 6/0
- 3 - Marco Asensio: 5/0
- 4 - ISCO ALARCON: 4/2
- Nicolás Tagliafico's goal for Ajax was the 500th scored by an Argentinian in Champions League history (excluding own-goals).
