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The sixth Matchday of the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League brought the group-stage of the competition to a close. The quintet of Valencia, Atletico Madrid, tournament debutants Atalanta, defending champions Liverpool and Europa League winners Chelsea completed the Round of 16 line-up.
A record 308 goals were scored in this season's group-stage, which is the most since the second group-stage in the competition was replaced by a knockout 'Round of 16' in 2003-04.
Bayern Munich were the only team this season, and the 6th overall in competition history, to win all their 6 group-stage games. The Bavarian giants were also the top-scorers with 24 goals, averaging an impressive 4 goals per game, recording the biggest goal-difference (19 goals) by a Champions League group-winner.
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The 2019-20 Champions League also saw some fine individual performances as Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) became the first pair of players to score in 15 consecutive seasons in the competition.
On that note, let us have a look at the top three goal-scorers in this season's group-stage.
#3 Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) - 6 goals
Tottenham striker Harry Kane's six goals in the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League was the third-best goal haul by any player in this season's competition.
The England international scored a goal apiece against Olympiacos (away) and Bayern Munich (home) before braces at home against Crvena Zvezda and Olympiacos sealed Tottenham's passage to the Round of 16 with a game to spare.
In the process of scoring his brace against Olympiacos, Kane became the fastest player to reach 20 Champions League goals. He reached the landmark in 24 games, which broke the mark of erstwhile record holder Alessandro Del Piero by two games.
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#2 Erling Braut Haaland (Salzburg) - 8 goals
Erling Braut Haaland announced his arrival in the UEFA Champions League by scoring three goals for Salzburg against Genk, to become the youngest player after Raul and Wayne Rooney to register a Champions League hat-trick.
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In the process, the 19-year-old Haaland also became the eighth player to score three (or more) goals on his debut in the Champions League.
Not content with a record-breaking debut appearance, the Norwegian teenager then scored in a 3-4 loss at Liverpool and also both goals in Salzburg's 2-3 home loss to Napoli. That made him the first player to score 6 goals in his first 3 games in the competition.
Haaland's goal in the 1-1 draw at Napoli made the Norwegian teenager one of only 4 players to score in each of his first 4 games in the Champions League. Ze Carlos (FC Porto), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) and Diego Costa (Atletico Madrid) are the others.
The Salzburg forward's goal in his team's 4-1 win at Genk made him the youngest player and the only teenager to score in each of his first five games in the competition.
The Norwegian forward failed to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo's feat of scoring in all six games in a Champions League season as Salzburg fell to a 0-2 home defeat to Liverpool on Matchday 6. That ended his debut campaign in the competition with 8 goals.
#1 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 10 goals
Robert Lewandowski opened his Champions League goal-scoring account for the season by scoring in Bayern Munich's 3-0 home win over Crvena Zvezda on Matchday 1.
Following braces in Bayern's 7-2 away win at Tottenham Hotspur and 2-3 away win at Olympiacos, the Poland international scored in Bayern's 2-0 home win over Olympiacos. That made the Bavarian giants one of three teams to qualify for the Round of 16 with two games to spare.
After seeing his record-breaking 11-game scoring run in the Bundesliga come to an end, Lewandowski turned his attention to the Champions League again. His 14-minute blitz at Crvena Zvezda marked the fastest quadruple in the history of the competition.
The Poland international failed to emulate Cristiano Ronaldo's feat of scoring in each of the six games in a Champions League season as he stayed on the bench in Bayern's 3-1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur on Matchday 6.
With 10 goals in 5 games, Lewandowski ended a second consecutive Champions League group-stage campaign as the top-scorer.
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