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          Chelsea's 0/4, Haaland's 7 and Benzema's 150: UCL stats

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          • Shyam Vasudevan
          Apr 20, 2023, 05:32 AM

          The UEFA Champions League returned to the centre-stage once more, as the second leg of the quarterfinals decided which four teams would continue to have a shot at the title.

          Manchester City drew with Bayern Munich but advanced on a healthy 4-1 aggregate score, while Inter Milan made it to their third UCL semifinal with a 5-3 aggregate win over Benfica.

          AC Milan set up a mouth-watering last-four clash with Inter after edging past Napoli and Real Madrid blanked Chelsea 2-0 to progress to the semifinal for the third successive season.

          ESPN's By The Numbers has the best stats from the mid-week UCL action.

          Manchester City vs Bayern Munich

          7

          Erling Haaland's seven knockout stage goals this season are tied for the fifth-most in a single season in the competition's history. He also joins Cristiano Ronaldo (5x), Lionel Messi (3x), Robert Lewandowski (2x), Karim Benzema, Mario Gomez and Ruud van Nistelrooy as the only players to score 12 UCL goals in a season.

          35

          At 22y-272d, Haaland he breaks Kylian Mbappé's (23-260) record as youngest to score 35 career UCL goals.

          100

          Pep Guardiola becomes the third manager with 100 UCL wins, joining Carlo Ancelotti (107) and Sir Alex Ferguson (102).

          Inter Milan vs Benfica

          2

          This season is the second time that multiple Italian clubs have reached the UCL Semifinals since 2002-03, when three clubs reached the semis (Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus).

          3

          Inter Milan have advanced to their third UEFA Champions League semifinal, their first since 2010 when they won the title.

          5

          AC Milan and Inter Milan will meet five times in a single season for the first time.

          6

          Benfica have been eliminated in all six of their UCL quarterfinal appearances; the last Portuguese club to reach the UCL semifinals was 2003-04 champion Porto.

          Chelsea vs Real Madrid

          0/4

          Chelsea have slipped to their fourth loss under Frank Lampard; their first four-game losing streak across all competitions since losing six straight from October-November in 1993. Chelsea are also winless in their last five home games across all competitions, the team's longest home winless streak in a single season since six straight from March to May 2016.

          5

          Rodrygo has five goals in the UCL knockout stages, which is as many as Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo Nazário and Iván Helguera had during their Real Madrid careers.

          6

          Real Madrid now have six straight wins against English clubs in Champions League knockout stages, tying Barcelona (2013-14 to 2015-16) for the longest such streak in the competition's history.

          10

          Vinicius is the first Real Madrid player with five goals and five assists in a UCL season since Cristiano Ronaldo in 2016-17.

          150

          Benzema made his 150th career Champions League appearance, which is the fifth-most in the competition's history (1 behind Xavi for 4th).

          Napoli vs AC Milan

          1

          Olivier Giroud had converted each of his last 17 penalty kicks taken for club and country (excluding shootouts). It's his first failed attempt since September 26, 2012 as a member of Arsenal.

          3

          AC Milan will face archrival Inter in the semis - this will be the third time the teams are paired in the UCL knockout stage (also 2003 SF and 2005 QF - AC Milan advanced on both occasions).

          3

          AC Milan have scored the most goals from a counter-attack in this season (3). Two of those came against Napoli in the quarterfinals.

          20

          Rafael Leao's assist for Giroud's goal was his 20th goal contribution of the season, which is the most by any Milan player in all competitions.

          (Stats courtesy: ESPN Stats and Information Group)