Robert Lewandowski, insatiable start to 2024

Robert Lewandowski did it again! On the hour in Naples, he converted a Pedri assist, finding the right space before a turn-and-shoot to pump an unstoppable strike past home keeper Alex Meret.

Killer instrinct

Fists clenched together, he could celebrate a goal that set his team on good course for a place in the Champions League quarter finals, taking his overall tally of goals in 13 games played since the new year to nine.

That places him joint second among goalscorers in Europe's five biggest leagues, matched with Jonathan David of Lille and only topped by Kylian Mbappé of PSG, who has scored 11 times.

Curiously, nine goals is the same number that Lewandowski had scored in the 21 games he played before the festive break, a vast improvement that has utterly silenced those who accused him of losing his magic touch.

Messi surpassed

That's 18 goals in total, the last one making him the oldest player ever to score for Barça in a Champions League knockout fixture, surpassing the record set by Leo Messi three years ago.