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Lewa joins Ronaldo, Messi in 100-goal club

Robert Lewandowski joined Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as the only players in Champions League history with 100 or more goals. But Erling Haaland is on a faster pace than anyone by boosting his total to 46 goals at age...
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FC Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates after their win against Brest. Reuters
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Robert Lewandowski joined Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as the only players in Champions League history with 100 or more goals. But Erling Haaland is on a faster pace than anyone by boosting his total to 46 goals at age 24.

Still, Haaland’s brace wasn’t enough for Manchester City in a 3-3 draw with Feyenoord that extended the Premier League champions’ winless streak to six matches.

Lewandowski’s early penalty kick started Barcelona off to a 3-0 win over previously unbeaten Brest to move into second place in the new single-league format. The Poland striker added goal No. 101 in second-half stoppage time. Barcelona also got a second-half goal from Dani Olmo.

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Ronaldo leads the all-time scoring list with 140 goals and Messi is next with 129. But neither Ronaldo nor Messi play in the Champions League anymore following moves to Saudi Arabia and the United States, respectively. The 36-year-old Lewandowski required 125 matches to reach the century mark, two more than Messi (123) and 12 fewer than Ronaldo (137).

Haaland converted a first-half penalty to eclipse Messi as the youngest player to reach 45 goals and then scored City’s third after the break to raise his total to 46 goals in 44 games. Ilkay Gundogan had City’s second. But then Feyenoord struck back with goals from Anis Hadj Moussa, Santiago Gimenez and David Hancko.

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Inter Milan beat Leipzig 1-0 with an own goal to move atop the standings with 13 points. The Serie A champions are the only club that haven’t conceded a goal.

Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 — the same score from the 2020 final between the two teams.

PSG ended with 10 men and remained in the elimination zone. The French powerhouse have struggled in Europe after Kylian Mbappe’s move to Real Madrid. Kim Min-jae’s first-half header was enough for Bayern, especially after Ousmane Dembele was sent off in the 56th with his second yellow.

Also, Arsenal kept red-hot striker Viktor Gyokeres quiet in a 5-1 win over Sporting Lisbon.

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