😅 Champions League keeper tops Kane & Haaland for assists | OneFootball

The second leg of the Champions League intermediate round between Atlético Madrid and Club Brugge promises to be just as exciting as the first. After the Spaniards and the Belgians drew 3-3 in their last encounter a week ago, the score at halftime is 1-1.

The opening goal for Atlético in the 23rd minute led to a curious statistic. Oblak played a long ball to Sørloth, who took the shot and scored past the blundering Mignolet.

The assist credited to Jan Oblak for his long kick meant that the keeper shot straight past top stars like Harry Kane, Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki, or Estêvão on the Champions League assist list. The aforementioned strikers haven’t provided a single assist in this season’s competition so far.

It’s all the more curious when you consider that Kane has already provided five assists in league play, while Haaland has set up his teammates seven times.

Of course, it’s clear that Oblak can’t compete with the goal output of a Kane (8 goals) or a Haaland (7 goals). But the fact that, as a keeper, he currently has more assists is certainly a funny statistic.

In the end, Madrid managed to win the match 4-1 and advance to the Champions League round of 16.

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