UEFA.com look back on matchday two of the UEFA Champions League, when FC Barcelona moved top of the all-time rankings and Chelsea FC and Bayer 04 Leverkusen reaching scoring marks, and ahead to the third round of matches when several teams will be hopeful of reaching landmarks - and a few looking to avoid them.
* For the first time, two UEFA Champions League fixtures were played at the same venue within 24 hours: the Stadion Petrovski in St Petersburg. FC Zenit took on FK Austria Wien on Tuesday with PFC CSKA Moskva facing FC Viktoria Plzeň there the following day in a match moved from Moscow due to the condition of the pitch at the Arena Khimki.
* Last-minute goals from Frank Lampard and Jens Hegeler brought up landmark UEFA Champions League marks for Chelsea FC (200 goals scored) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (100) respectively.
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* RSC Anderlecht midfielder Youri Tielemans became the third youngest player to feature in the UEFA Champions League when, at the age of 16 years and 148 days, he played the entire 90 minutes at home to Olympiacos FC. Only Céléstine Babayaro (16 years and 87 days, Anderlecht 1-1 FC Steaua Bucureşti, 23/11/94) and Alen Halilović (16 years 128 days, GNK Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Paris Saint-Germain FC, 24/10/12) were younger than Tielemans when they made their bows.
* There was another notable feat from the same game as Olympiacos striker Kostas Mitroglou scored all the visitors' goals in a 3-0 success in Brussels - becoming the first Greek player to score a hat-trick in the competition.
* There were three red cards on matchday two, for Celtic FC's Scott Brown, FC Bayern Munchen defender Jérôme Boateng and Axel Witsel of FC Zenit, taking the overall total in 2,315 UEFA Champions League matches to 398.
* Matchday two was FC København's 150th match in UEFA competition; they lost 4-0 at Real Madrid CF. Club Atlético de Madrid and Galatasaray AŞ will hope for better on matchday three when they play 250th UEFA fixtures.
* The 1-0 loss to Barcelona was Celtic's 100th in UEFA competition - they have recorded 49 draws. Olympiacos are set to reach the same, unwanted, century should they lose on matchday three.
* While Anderlecht (450) and Steaua (350) conceded notable goals in UEFA competition in their last fixtures, Galatasaray (350) and Borussia Dortmund (300) reached significant scoring figures of their own.
* In European Cup terms, FK Austria Wien (95 goals scored) and Olympique de Marseille (147) could reach landmarks if they find their shooting boots on matchday three, while AFC Ajax (196 goals conceded) and Olympiacos (199) will hope to delay breaking the 200 barrier. In UEFA competition, Celtic have scored 449 goals - Benfica have conceded 398.
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