The UCL this week, was filled with fascinating headlines. Lionel Messi scored a phenomenal hat-trick against PSV Eindhoven, while Paul Pogba netted a brace
Wojciech Szczesny | GK | Valencia 0-2 Juventus
None of the last three penalties Wojciech Szczesny faced in the Champions League resulted in a goal (two saved by him).
Sergi Roberto | RB | Barcelona 4-0 PSV Eindhoven
Sergi Roberto completed 96% of his passes against PSV (92 passes attempted).
Leonardo Bonucci | CB | Valencia 0-2 Juventus
Leonardo Bonucci has kept a clean sheet in eight of his last 11 Champions League games in which he played the full 90 minutes.
Abdou Diallo | CB | Club Brugge 0-1 Borussia Dortmund
Abdou Diallo made nine recoveries against Club Brugge, more than any other Borussia Dortmund player.
Nicolas Tagliafico | LB | Ajax 3-0 AEK Athens
Nicolas Tagliafico is the first Ajax defender to score two goals in a Champions League game since Frank de Boer in 1995.
Paul Pogba | CM | Young Boys 0-3 Manchester United
Paul Pogba has become the first Manchester United midfielder to score a brace in the Champions League since Anderson in May 2011.
Toni Kroos | CM | Real Madrid 3-0 Roma
Toni Kroos created the joint-most chances (five), attempted the most passes (87) and completed the most crosses (four) of all players in the Real Madrid-Roma match.
Lionel Messi | RW | Barcelona 4-0 PSV Eindhoven
Lionel Messi has scored more hat-tricks than any other player in Champions League/European Cup history (eight).
Nabil Fekir | CAM | Man City 1-2 Lyon
Nabil Fekir has been involved in seven goals in his last nine games for Lyon in all competitions (four goals, three assists).
Isco | LW | Real Madrid 3-0 Roma
Isco scored his first direct free-kick goal in the Champions League with his first attempt in the competition.
Michal Krmencik | ST | Viktoria Plzen 2-2 CSKA Moscow
Michal Krmencik became the first Czech player to score a brace in a Champions League game since Pavel Nedved in September 2003.
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