French star Kylian Mbappe, the Paris Saint-Germain striker, achieved two distinguished numbers during his team’s match against its Spanish guest Real Sociedad (2-0) on Wednesday evening, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League.
Mbappe scored the first goal for his team in the 58th minute of the match, which took place at the Parc des Princes stadium.
The French striker raised his tally to 4 goals in the current Champions League season, the 44th in his career so far in the tournament, which he scored during 68 matches with Saint-Germain and his former team Monaco.
The “Squaka” statistics network reported that Mbappe is equal to the duo, Mohamed Salah, the English star of Liverpool, and the retired Ivorian, Didier Drogba, with 44 goals each in the Champions League.
This trio is preceded by 13 other players on the Champions League top scorers list, according to the network, with Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo leading with 140 goals.
While the Opta statistics network indicated that Kylian Mbappe has become the first player to score at least one goal in 10 consecutive matches at his team’s stadium in the prestigious continental tournament.