L.Messi sets another Champions League record

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n Wednesday in the Champions League, "Barcelona" started off with a 1:1 draw against "Roma", but Lionel Messi reached another record.

"Top opta stats" presents the most interesting statistical facts:

 Lionel Messi played his 100th Champions League match and became the youngest player to reach this milestone. 28 years and 2 months.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's own goal was the first for "Arsenal" since 2008, when Mikael Silvestre scored an own goal.

Iker Casillas played his 151st Champions League match and tied with Xavi. Both players have played the most matches.

Since 2006, four players have missed three or more penalties in the Champions League: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and now Eden Hazard.

This was the first time since 2012 that three English clubs lost on the same day.

Diego Costa scored his first Champions League goal since April 2014.

Leverkusen player Hakan Calhanoglu scored two goals and provided one assist. The last time this was achieved in the team was in 2004 by Andriy Voronin.

In the last 11 Champions League matches, "Arsenal" only kept a clean sheet once.

Thomas Muller became the first player in "Bayern" to score in eight Champions League seasons.

For the first time since 2010, Cesc Fabregas scored a goal and provided an assist.

Zagreb's "Dinamo" won for the first time since 2011.

There were even 10 penalties awarded. The last time this happened on the same day was in 2010.

Vincent Aboubakar scored four goals in five appearances.

Theo Walcott is the sixth "Arsenal" player to score a two-digit number of goals in the Champions League.

Eden Hazard missed three out of his last six penalty kicks.

Olivier Giroud is the fourth French player from "Arsenal" to be sent off in a Champions League match.

Oscar scored six out of seven of his Champions League goals at Stamford Bridge stadium.

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