The UEFA Champions League knock-out stages are just around the corner, and Europe’s best 16 teams are preparing to compete for continental supremacy.
The 2021/22 Champions League round of 16 begins on February 16 (ISt) with the big-ticket showdown between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-German (PSG), followed by a game between last season’s finalists Manchester City and Sporting Lisbon on the same day.
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The knock-out phases of the Champions League are always high-pressure circumstances, and it takes exceptional players to assist a club to overcome the obstacles that Europe’s best club competition presents at this stage.
Al-Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo is the Champions League’s all-time leading scorer, with 140 goals in 181 matches. Out of the 141 goals, 67 came in the tournament’s knockout rounds in 80 appearances, which is also a record.Ronaldo is closely followed by Lionel Messi, who has 125 goals in 154 games and has scored 49 goals in the knockout rounds.
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Following Ronaldo and Messi are the Bayern Munich combo of Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller, who have scored 26 and 24 goals in the knockout stages, respectively, and 82 and 50 goals overall.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Goals: 67
Matches: 80
Goals/game ratio: 0.83
Lionel Messi
Goals: 49
Matches: 73
Goals/game ratio: 0.67
Robert Lewandowski
Goals: 26
Matches: 38
Goals/game ratio: 0.68
Thomas Muller
Goals: 24
Matches: 57
Goals/game ratio: 0.42
Andriy Shevchenko
Goals: 18
Matches: 32
Goals/game ratio: 0.56
Raul
Goals: 18
Matches: 46
Goals/game ratio: 0.39
Karim Benzema
Goals: 18
Matches: 54
Goals/game ratio: 0.34
Filipo Inzaghi
Goals: 16
Matches: 30
Goals/game ratio: 0.54
Frank Lampard
Goals: 15
Matches: 52
Goals/game ratio: 0.29
Wayne Rooney
Goals: 14
Matches: 37
Goals/game ratio: 0.37
Conclusion
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